As businesses embrace more remote users and a hybrid work model, managing user identity and access is more important than ever. Add authentication for millions of third parties and non-employees, and thousands of applications and IoT devices to the mix and you start to understand how important identity and access management (IAM) is.
What Exactly Is IAM?
IAM is the process of securing access to resources, devices and systems by managing who can access what. It enables admins to control who has access to what information and systems, and prevent unauthorized users from gaining access. By restricting access to specific users or groups of users, admins can prevent malicious actions and protect digital resources.
IAM also helps enforce compliance with security policies. A central component of IAM is defining user roles and the rights required to perform specific tasks. A role defines the access level — or privilege — that a user has with respect to a particular resource.
IAM users can be sorted into roles, top-level categories of user access to a particular system or app.
View the Case Study
IAM Challenges
Today, employees and third parties alike access a seemingly endless stream of data, apps and resources. Access control methods like Zero Trust are critical for security, but with more access to manage, staying safe becomes more difficult.
Often, authentication services need to be modified. This means you need to consolidate infrastructure to deliver large-scale reliability and security. To achieve robust IAM, organizations must make a foundational change in capturing, engaging, managing and administering user identity ..
Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.
