1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of requests from a risk analysis software component across a network in an agent software component, wherein the agent is coupled to an enterprise system portal software component, wherein said portal is coupled to a plurality of enterprise software systems and stores a plurality of user information and user authorization data for a plurality of users for specifying actions a user is authorized to perform in said enterprise software systems, the requests to said agent each including parameters corresponding to a risk analysis process executing on said risk analysis software; generating, by said agent, a plurality of queries in response to said plurality of requests, each query retrieving data based on parameters from a corresponding request; retrieving, by said portal, said user information stored in a user management component of said portal in response to a first query generated in response to a first request of said plurality of requests, and returning said user information to said agent in response to the first query; retrieving, by said portal, said user authorization data stored in a content directory component of said portal in response to a second query generated in response to a second request of said plurality of requests, and returning said user authorization data to said agent in response to the second query; and sending said user information and said user authorization data from said agent across said network to said risk analysis software for use in executing said risk analysis process.