A system and method distributed enterprise security, comprising, a security control module (SCM) operable to accept information, wherein the information include one or more of: a policy and configuration information at least one security service module (SSM) operable to accept the information from SCM at least one security service providers coupled to the at least one SSM, wherein the at least one security service providers is cable of at least one of, authentication of a user, determining if access to a resource is permitted based on the information, auditing of a security decision, and mapping an authenticated identity to a set of credentials to be used to authenticate a target resource, and wherein the information accepted by the SCM is relevant to one or more of the at least one SSMs.