CoreBlox

What CoreBlox Actually Does: Identity and Access Management

CoreBlox's business is centered entirely on the full lifecycle of complex Identity and Access Management projects. Their consultants possess deep knowledge in a wide range of IAM technologies, offering a disciplined and practical approach to architecture, design, implementation, and support. The primary goal is to optimize client investments in web security technologies and build future-proof solutions that can adapt to changing business requirements and evolving threat landscapes.

The company's specialization is generally categorized by the specific technical domains it addresses:

Identity and Web Access Management (WAM): This is the historical and ongoing cornerstone of CoreBlox's expertise. The company specializes in implementing, upgrading, and managing solutions that secure web applications and enforce consistent access policies across the enterprise.

Single Sign-On (SSO) and Federation: CoreBlox delivers solutions for enterprise-wide Single Sign-On, allowing users to authenticate once to gain access to multiple services and applications. This includes advanced identity federation services using standards like SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) and WS-Federation to securely link internal systems with partner organizations and cloud services.

Directory Services and Virtualization: The team has extensive experience in deploying and managing LDAP Directory Virtualization solutions, particularly those that aggregate identity data from multiple, disparate sources into a unified, high-performance service for authentication and authorization.

Cloud and Hybrid IAM Solutions: With the shift to cloud computing, CoreBlox focuses on providing viable paths for customers with traditional, on-premises IAM infrastructure to extend their web access management capabilities to Cloud-based infrastructures and applications, often through partner technologies.

Products and Services Offered

CoreBlox's offerings are primarily professional services and managed services, complemented by custom integration components they have developed.

Core Services

• IAM Architecture and Design: Providing expert consultation for greenfield deployments, assessing existing infrastructure, and developing strategic roadmaps for identity security platforms.
• Implementation and Integration: End-to-end deployment of IAM solutions, including complex integrations with existing enterprise systems, application on-boarding, and custom configuration.
• Platform Migrations and Upgrades: Specializing in moving customers from legacy IAM platforms to newer vendor versions or entirely new technologies, ensuring minimal disruption and leveraging new features.
• Residency Services: Offering dedicated, on-site or remote IAM experts to function as an integral part of a client's team, providing operational support, knowledge transfer, and strategic guidance.
• Managed Services: Providing ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of a client's IAM environment to ensure performance, stability, and security without requiring in-house dedicated staff.
• Security Health Checks and Optimization: Auditing existing deployments to identify vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, and areas for policy refinement to maximize the return on the client's technology investment.

Key Technology Partnerships and Expertise

CoreBlox consultants are trusted partners for numerous leading IAM product vendors, which defines the scope of their service capabilities. These partnerships include:

• Broadcom/CA Technologies: CoreBlox has a long-standing and deep-rooted expertise as a services partner for the Broadcom (formerly CA Technologies) security stack, including products like CA Single Sign-On (formerly SiteMinder) and CA Identity Manager.
• Ping Identity: They are an authorized reseller and advanced delivery partner for Ping Identity, offering architecture and implementation services across the Ping suite (e.g., PingFederate, PingAccess).
• Radiant Logic: Expertise in implementing and supporting Radiant Logic Virtual Directory solutions for identity aggregation.
• SailPoint and Okta: Providing services and support for modern Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Cloud-based Identity platforms.

Proprietary Products/Tools

CoreBlox has developed specific tools and integration kits to bridge technology gaps and enhance service offerings, most notably:

• CoreBlox Token Service (CTS): This is a key CoreBlox-developed component that provides secure, reliable token-based security.
• PingFederate CoreBlox Integration Kit: An integration kit for PingFederate administrators, which allows applications protected by the CoreBlox Token Service to integrate with a PingFederate server, extending the reach of the security domain using protocols like SAML or WS-Federation.
• ToolBox: A developed tool to enhance the effectiveness of web access management products, simplifying complex administrative and configuration tasks for customers.

In essence, CoreBlox acts as a highly specialized, vendor-agnostic IAM systems integrator and consultant, focusing on delivering complex, high-stakes security projects for large enterprises.