Novell has announced the newest version of its Novell Access Governance Suite, a set of software products that simplifies how customers govern user access to corporate resources and manage regulatory compliance. Novell Access Governance Suite 4.1 is now comprised of Novell Access Request and Change Manager, a new solution to simplify granting user access to information and to close the compliance gaps caused by having multiple methods of requesting access. In addition, it also is comprised of Novell Roles Lifecycle Manager, and Novell Compliance Certification Manager.

Novell Access Governance Suite augments Novell’s compliance management solution portfolio to provide the industry’s first suite of products to govern access to sensitive corporate resources and address regulatory requirements across the entire user lifecycle.

Used in conjunction with Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition and Novell Sentinel, the solution enables continuous enforcement of compliance requirements. Helping organizations achieve consistent identity, security and compliance policies is part of Novell’s WorkloadIQ vision to integrate identity and security into IT workloads, giving customers the confidence and flexibility needed to deliver IT services across physical, virtual and cloud environments.