I think therefore IAM: It's not cool, it's not sexy, but it's one of the most important and difficult areas in modern IT

I think therefore IAM: It's not cool, it's not sexy, but it's one of the most important and difficult areas in modern IT

Feature A search on LinkedIn's UK job site just now (1 June 2021) returned 5,265 roles for a network manager; 2,204 for a system administrator; 4,964 for a web developer; and 10,776 for a business analyst. None of these are a particular surprise – they're popular, sought-after careers.


Oh, and there were 1,522 results for "Identity and Access Management" (IAM).


What do you want to be when you grow up?


When, as an IT student, you consider in which field you want to make a career, there are some common choices. Web developer, database administrator, software developer, system manager, network engineer... or more recently something in machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing or cybersecurity.


This is because they are the areas you are taught as a student. Examining the course details of 10 top UK universities' computer science courses reveals a high degree of commonality: systems de ..

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