Patent ID: 8051470

Claim:
A method, in a data processing system, for providing a system administrator with a view of a plurality of applications accessible by a user, comprising: receiving, in the data processing system, in response to a coupling of a separate hardware security device to the data processing system, credential information comprising user names and associated passwords for each application of the plurality of applications that the user uses, from the separate hardware security device into an authentication credential container associated with the user; identifying, by the data processing system, the plurality of applications accessible by the user by examining the authentication credential container associated with the user; generating, by the data processing system, a view of the plurality of applications accessible by the user, wherein the view is a consolidated user directory that contains user authentication information across the plurality of applications; displaying, by the data processing system, the view to the administrator; creating a user account for a new application to be accessible by the user utilizing the generated view which comprises authentication information across the plurality of applications that the user uses; injecting authentication information of the user account into the authentication credential container of the user; and injecting the authentication information of the user account into the separate hardware security device.