A network security system for managing access to a plurality of different
network systems for a plurality of users. The network security system
includes an enterprise directory system configured to process request
messages from each of the network systems requesting access rights for a
user to generate a response message for each of the network systems that
includes the access rights for the user. The enterprise directory system
is also configured to process a single termination message to generate an
individual termination message for each of the network systems that
includes an instruction to terminate the access rights for one of the
users. The resource directory is configured to receive an instruction to
terminate the access rights for the corresponding user and process the
instruction to generate the termination message for the enterprise
directory system.