The rights and attributes of each person who accesses your IT system continually change as roles, rules, and policies evolve within your enterprise. The challenge is compounded during mergers and acquisitions, and when sharing IT privileges with business partners and customers. Add to that, the burden associated with meeting regulatory and privacy requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HSPD12, BASEL II, European Union Data Protection Directive, and the USA Patriot Act. Oracle Identity Manager is a best-in-class user provisioning and administration solution that automates the process of adding, updating, and deleting user accounts from applications and directories; and improves regulatory compliance by providing granular reports that attest to who has access to what.