Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Web Services Gateway OmniAccess 8550 - Manual (Page 2)

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protect the internal domain and ensure
data security.
Alternatively, the OmniAccess 8550 WSG
can be installed in the data center to
secure business processes within the
organization. It allows information
access policy to be consistently enforced
at run time across information systems
and can demonstrate regulatory
compliance through a user centric
consolidated audit trail. Risk is mitigated
with the proper controls and monitoring
points in place as well as through
consistent policy enforcement across
information systems with a user
contextual knowledge of system events. Deployment architecture
The OmniAccess 8550 WSG is designed
to be deployed in the DMZ of an
organization to secure business process
automation with partners (see Figure
2). The OmniAccess 8550 WSG is
typically installed behind the IP firewall
and provides service virtualization as
well as key security functions to
HQ Office
Intranet
Extranet Identity Management
Business Applications
Datacenter
Strategic Partner
Customer
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Run time stateful
policy enforcement
Identity mapping
and federation
Consolidated
audit trail
Figure 1. Core OmniAccess OA8550 WSG features
Figure 2. Typical OmniAccess 8550 WSG network deployment