Key areas of competency include the ability to:
- Map customer business requirements to IBM Tivoli security solutions.
- Apply governing security concepts and standards to a customer's IT infrastructure.
- Assess IT process maturity.
- Assess the IT environment for security opportunities.
- Align IBM, Tivoli, and Tivoli Partner products to security opportunities.
- Assess requirements and create a solution design.
- Describe business/technical advantages of IBM Tivoli security solutions.
- Apply security concepts to the solution design.
- Recommend education opportunities to customer based on the IBM Tivoli security solution.
- Supply a transition document to interested parties.
- Align the security solution with the architectural framework of the customer.
Recommended Prerequisite Skills: - Knowledge of IT security services (authorization, authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, non-repudiation). - Skill Level 2
- Knowledge of IT process model (i.e. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)). - Skill Level 2
- Knowledge of IT security standards (government and civil), regulations, and certifications (PKI, SSL, SAML, Liberty, etc.). - Skill Level 2
- Knowledge of IT professional security certifications such as CISSP. - Skill Level 1
- Knowledge of IT directory/LDAP functionality. - Skill Level 2
- Familiarity with key IBM Tivoli Partner security products (PKI - VeriSign etc.). - Skill Level 1
- Understanding of other IBM security products (Rational Appscan, IBM ISS, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, Server Security, SSL accelerator cards, etc.). - Skill Level 2
- Conceptual knowledge of networking environments, operating systems, relational databases, application environments (Java, .NET, etc.), key vendor environments (SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, etc.). - Skill Level 2
- Capability to assess and analyze security maturity according to IBM terminology (based on an IBM security solution). - Skill Level 2
Conceptual understanding of these Tivoli products: - Skill Level 2 - IBM Tivoli Identity Manager
- IBM Tivoli Directory Server
- IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign On
- IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
- IBM Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager
- IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager
- IBM Tivoli Security Information and Event Manager
- IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager
- IBM Tivoli Security Policy Manager
- IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager
- IBM Tivoli zSecure Admin
- IBM Tivoli zSecure Audit
- Experience with IT organization structures. - Skill Level 1
- Familiarity with security aspects of key IBM products (WebSphere, Lotus, etc.). - Skill Level 1
- Familiarity with IBM Tivoli security education offerings. - Skill Level 1
- Create a business case justification for an IT project. - Skill Level 1
- Experience defining proof of concepts and associated success criteria. - Skill Level 1
- Familiarity with IBM Tivoli Monitoring - Skill Level 1
1 - Basic Skill/Knowledge: Familiarity with basic functionality and concepts, may need to rely on assistance from documentation or other resources. 2 - Working Skill/Knowledge: Working knowledge of functionality and concepts, can use product or explain concepts with little or no assistance. 3 - Advanced Skill/Knowledge: Substantial experience with functionality or concepts, can teach others how to use functionality or explain concepts. 4 - Expert Skill/Knowledge: Extensive and comprehensive experience with functionality or concepts, can create or customize code, architecture, or processes.
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