Top 10 Use Cases: Identity and Access Management
By Jim Webber
March 15, 2021 4 mins read
Graph technology is the future. Not only do graph databases effectively store relationships between data points, but they’re also flexible in adding new kinds of relationships or adapting a data model to new business requirements. But how do companies today… Read more →
Keywords: access control • access data • access management • access permissions • data model • graph database • iam • identity management • relational database • use case
Financial Services & Neo4j: Identity & Access Management
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 24, 2017 4 mins read
Within the IT organization of any financial services enterprise, identity and entitlements management must be managed to minimize risk. Over time, the centralized entitlements structure – whether represented in Active Directory or an LDAP directory – grows in such a… Read more →
Keywords: access management • Active Directory • Connected Data • financial services • fraud prevention • identity and access management • identity management • Information Security • LDAP directory • permissions management
Custom Security Plugins & User-Defined Procedures in Neo4j Enterprise Edition [Security Series, Part 5]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 24, 2017 4 mins read
When it comes to graph database security, it’s essential that you have the flexibility to customize every factor of authentication and authorization for your specific deployment. After all, no architecture or organization is the same, so you need the versatility… Read more →
Keywords: access control • Active Directory • authentication plugin • authorization plugin • database security • federated authentication • LDAP connector • role-based authorization • security plugin • user-defined procedures
Using the LDAP Protocol with Neo4j Enterprise Edition [Security Series, Part 3]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 10, 2017 3 mins read
Neo4j 3.1 supports the LDAP protocol, so you can integrate Neo4j with Active Directory, OpenLDAP or other LDAP-compatible authentication services. Unlike with native users, management of federated users is performed through the external LDAP service. The only aspect of user… Read more →
Keywords: access control • Active Directory • graph database • LDAP connector • LDAP directory • LDAP protocol • LDAP search filter • LDAP service • Neo4j Enterprise Edition • openLDAP
Native User Security & Access Control in Neo4j Enterprise [Security Series, Part 2]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 5, 2017 6 mins read
In Neo4j 3.1 Enterprise Edition, we introduced a new role-based access control framework for user and application access to the database. The framework enables system administrators to manage permissions and ensure that authenticated users and applications can perform only authorized… Read more →
Keywords: access control • Active Directory • database security • graph database • internal authentication • LDAP connector • Neo4j Enterprise Edition • rsync • system procedures • user management
Role-Based Access Control in Neo4j Enterprise Edition [Security Series, Part 1]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 27, 2017 3 mins read
Neo4j has broken new ground in database applications with the introduction of the native graph database and the dominant labeled property graph model. As Neo4j has matured, it has inevitably found its way into demanding enterprises who value security alongside… Read more →
Keywords: access control • Active Directory • database security • enterprise security • LDAP connector • native graph database • openLDAP • public cloud • role-based access control • user-defined procedures
Oracle RDBMS + Neo4j: Migrate or Sync a Subset of Data
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 21, 2016 3 mins read
There are several ways that Neo4j can work with Oracle RDBMS (or any other RDBMS). The approach you take depends on what your enterprise is trying to achieve. In this Neo4j and Oracle blog series, we’ll explore how these two… Read more →
Keywords: ACID • apache kafka • cypher • etl • neo4j • Oracle • Oracle GoldenGate • Oracle RDBMS • rdbms • Solr
How Telenor Harnessed Neo4j for Competitive Advantage in IAM
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 28, 2015 4 mins read
Telenor Norway is the largest supplier of Norway’s telecommunications and data services, but they had run into a major data growth problem. With a growing number of subscriptions, their older identity and access management (IAM) system couldn’t handle the provisioning… Read more →
Keywords: access management • competitive advantage • data model • Graph Data • identity management • java • neo4j • sql • telecommunications • Telenor
The 5-Minute Interview: Derek Small, Founder & CEO of Nulli
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 11, 2015 3 mins read
For this week’s 5-minute interview, I sat down with Derek Small, the Founder and CEO of Nulli Identity Solution Architects, at GraphConnect San Francisco to discuss how they use Neo4j within identity management. Q: How do you guys use Neo4j… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • access management • data modeling • forgerock • identity management • identity solution • IoT • nulli • query language • resource authorization