A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for
facilitating security in a network, particularly a distributed network.
According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus or system
may include a manager in communication with one or more mappers and one or
more adapters for facilitating security requests that may be associated
with an application or its environment. An adapter may be associated with
an application to identify security requests associated with the
application. Similarly, a mapper may be associated with a security service
to facilitate communication to and from the security service regarding
security requests.
