<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
access	O
management	O
,	O
entitlements	O
and	O
federation	O
server	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
(	O
Open	O
Access	O
Management	O
)	O
originated	O
as	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
,	O
(	O
Open	O
Single	O
Sign-On	O
)	O
an	O
access	O
management	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
which	O
was	O
initiated	O
following	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
was	O
based	O
on	O
Sun	B-Language
Java	I-Language
System	I-Language
Access	I-Language
Manager	I-Language
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
commercial	O
access	O
management	O
and	O
federation	O
product	O
,	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
Enterprise	O
(	O
formerly	O
Sun	O
Access	O
Manager	O
and	O
Sun	O
Federation	O
Manager	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
paid	O
support	O
for	O
regular	O
"	O
Express	O
"	O
builds	O
of	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
Enterprise	O
8.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
product	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSSO	B-Language
Enterprise	O
8.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSSO	B-Language
Enterprise	O
won	O
the	O
"	O
Security	O
"	O
category	O
of	O
the	O
Developer.com	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
2009	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
Enterprise	O
8.0	O
Update	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
completed	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
and	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
removed	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
downloads	O
from	O
their	O
website	O
in	O
an	O
unannounced	O
policy	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSSO	B-Language
was	O
forked	O
as	O
OpenAM	B-Language
,	O
developed	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
ForgeRock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ForgeRock	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
support	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
from	O
Sun	O
now	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
had	O
chosen	O
to	O
discontinue	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ForgeRock	O
renamed	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
OpenAM	B-Language
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
retained	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
official	O
statement	O
,	O
ForgeRock	O
closed	O
OpenAM	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
renamed	O
OpenAM	B-Language
to	O
ForgeRock	O
Access	O
Management	O
and	O
began	O
distributing	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
a	O
paid	O
,	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
forks	B-Application
of	O
OpenAM	B-Language
now	O
exist	O
under	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Development	I-Application
and	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
License	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
opted	O
to	O
carry	O
on	O
the	O
OpenAM	B-Language
Community	O
name	O
now	O
that	O
ForgeRock	O
has	O
re-branded	O
the	O
commercial	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
opted	O
to	O
re-brand	O
OpenAM	B-Language
to	O
"	O
Wren:AM	O
"	O
to	O
avoid	O
conflict	O
with	O
ForgeRock	O
's	O
original	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
supports	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Authentication	O
OpenAM	B-Language
supports	O
20	O
authentication	O
methods	O
out-of-the-box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
has	O
the	O
flexibility	O
to	O
chain	O
methods	O
together	O
along	O
with	O
Adaptive	O
Risk	O
scoring	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
authentication	O
modules	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
JAAS	B-Language
(	O
Java	B-Language
Authentication	I-Language
and	I-Language
Authorization	I-Language
Service	I-Language
)	O
open	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorization	O
OpenAM	B-Language
provides	O
authorization	O
policy	O
from	O
basic	O
,	O
simple	O
,	O
coarse-grained	O
rules	O
to	O
highly	O
advanced	O
,	O
fine-grained	O
entitlements	O
based	O
on	O
XACML	O
(	O
eXtensible	O
Access	O
Control	O
Mark-Up	O
Language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federation	O
Federation	O
services	O
securely	O
share	O
identity	O
information	O
across	O
heterogeneous	O
systems	O
or	O
domain	O
boundaries	O
using	O
standard	O
identity	O
protocols	O
(	O
SAML	O
,	O
WS-Federation	B-General_Concept
,	O
OpenID	O
Connect	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenIG	O
Federation	O
Gateway	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
OpenAM	B-Language
providing	O
a	O
SAML2	O
compliant	O
enforcement	O
point	O
and	O
allows	O
businesses	O
to	O
quickly	O
add	O
SAML2	O
support	O
to	O
their	O
applications	O
with	O
little	O
to	O
no	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out-of	O
the-box	O
tools	O
enable	O
simple	O
task-based	O
configuration	O
of	O
G	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
,	O
ADFS2	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
integration	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
can	O
also	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
multi-protocol	O
hub	O
,	O
translating	O
for	O
providers	O
who	O
rely	O
on	O
other	O
,	O
older	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
sign-on	O
(	O
SSO	O
)	O
OpenAM	B-Language
provides	O
multiple	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
SSO	O
,	O
whether	O
the	O
requirement	O
is	O
enabling	O
cross-domain	O
SSO	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
organization	O
,	O
or	O
SSO	O
across	O
multiple	O
organizations	O
through	O
the	O
Federation	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAM	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
options	O
for	O
enforcing	O
policy	O
and	O
protecting	O
resources	O
,	O
including	O
policy	O
agents	O
that	O
reside	O
on	O
web	O
or	O
application	O
servers	O
,	O
a	O
proxy	O
server	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
OpenIG	O
(	O
Identity	O
Gateway	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High	O
availability	O
To	O
enable	O
high	O
availability	O
for	O
large-scale	O
and	O
mission-critical	O
deployments	O
,	O
OpenAM	B-Language
provides	O
both	O
system	O
failover	O
and	O
session	O
failover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
two	O
key	O
features	O
help	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
no	B-Architecture
single	I-Architecture
point	I-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
failure	I-Architecture
exists	O
in	O
the	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
OpenAM	B-Language
service	O
is	O
always	O
available	O
to	O
end-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redundant	O
OpenAM	B-Language
servers	O
,	O
policy	O
agents	O
,	O
and	O
load	O
balancers	O
prevent	O
a	O
single	B-Architecture
point	I-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
failure	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developer	O
access	O
OpenAM	B-Language
provides	O
client	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
C	O
APIs	O
and	O
a	O
RESTful	O
API	O
that	O
can	O
return	O
JSON	O
or	O
XML	O
over	O
HTTP	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
authentication	O
,	O
authorization	O
,	O
and	O
identity	O
services	O
from	O
web	O
applications	O
using	O
REST	O
clients	O
in	O
their	O
language	O
of	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
