The Application Identity Manager is an application based on Windows and Linux which facilitates access to privileged passwords and eliminates the need to hard code plaintext passwords in applications, scripts, or configuration files. As with all other credentials stored in the Enterprise Password Vault, AIM passwords are stored, logged, and managed strongly. AIM is separated into two components: a Provider, which securely retrieves and caches passwords and provides immediate access to the requesting application; and the SDK, which provides a set of APIs for Java, .NET, COM14, CLI15, and C/C++. In the evaluated version, the AIM Provider for Windows and SDK have been excluded.
