Organizations use directories to centralize and simplify administration and provide an easy method for users to locate resources. Directories store authentication and authorization data, including identities, e-mail addresses, attributes, and passwords. Most directories utilize LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), a standard mechanism for accessing X.500 and other directory services.
CSS can integrate an organization's applications with a directory service to leverage a single-authentication system and streamline administration.
Active Directories provide a means to manage the identities and relationships comprising network environments. CSS assists organizations with their Directory needs, from secure design and consolidation to the creation and management of group-policy objects, as well as implementation management for worldwide forest infrastructures.