The CA SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint gives you the ability to provide SharePoint security for your current users and allows you to provide access to additional internal or external groups as necessary. With large amounts of corporate information in SharePoint, the need for strong authentication and data protection becomes critical to security and compliance efforts. The SharePoint Agent allows you to utilize a wide range of authentication methods and even provides the ability to establish step-up authentication for sensitive applications or sites in your SharePoint environment. It also delivers an efficient way to manage access rights and the ability to audit and report on user activities.