IBM WebSphere and Lotus Implementing Collaborative Solutions

The Portal Gatekeeper

This section has to do with security and how security is set up for the WebSphere Portal Server. Some questions are: Who controls the Access Control Lists (ACLs), how often do users have to sign in, and how do you use Secure Certificates and integrate with third-party authentication products?

Users and Groups

WebSphere Portal offers a centralized point of access control over portal resources (which can be augmented with a security manager external to the product, such as Tivoli Access Manager). It also offers a centralized point of administration for users and groups if a customer does not already have an administration tool for its user registry. These tools allow customers to better define portal users and manage user's ...