Provide an architecture and implementation plan to install, configure, integrate, and customize (a) Tivoli User Administration (UA) and Tivoli Security Management (SM) for IBM AIX, Windows NT, and Novell NetWare platforms, and (b) implement these products on AIX and NT platforms within Kaiser Permanente's pilot production environment.

Kaiser Permanente needed a Tivoli security architecture and deployment strategy that met the requirements dictated by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The UA architecture had to allow for management of user accounts across a heterogeneous environment through a single interface. The SM architecture had to be closely integrated to all for more robust and enhanced security standards, enforcement, and auditing. The architecture also had to provide for long-term integration with IBM's Global Single Sign-On product. the management of GSO users with regular user accounts, allowing operators to manage users through one set of actions.

Ephibian delivered a detailed UA and SM architecture and implementation plan for the full Kaiser Permanente enterprise. It incorporated the long-term objective to integrate with IBM's GSO product to create a true single sign-on environment. This analysis and document was based on a comprehensive site visit, and a technical evaluation of Kaiser’s requirements versus architecture alternatives. It also included an implementation plan for deploying these two products in Kaiser’s pilot production Tivoli environment. This architecture and implementation plan formed a core component of the Kaiser Enterprise Automation & Systems Management (EASM) project.