For the past two decades, businesses have been making significant investments to consolidate their identity and access management (IAM) platforms and directories to manage user identities in one place. However, the hybrid nature of the cloud has led many to realize that this ultimate goal is a fantasy. Instead, businesses must learn how to consistently and effectively manage user identities across multiple IAM platforms and directories.
As cloud migration and digital transformation accelerate at a dizzying pace, enterprises are left with a host of new identity challenges that many aren’t prepared to deal with. The proliferation of diverse cloud environments, each with its own identity solutions, coupled with the complexities of legacy systems, has resulted in fragmented and siloed identity services. That is where the identity fabric comes in.
The challenge of hybrid identity
Most environments are comprised of a mixture of multiple cloud and on-premise (on-prem) applications and systems. Though many are moving to modern Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, on-prem IAM products are often deeply embedded in mission-critical systems of organizations. They can’t simply be unplugged and replaced with modernized IAM solutions without risking significant business disruption, loss of data continuity, potential security risks and single points of failure.
Additionally, many modern IAM solutions struggle to meet the complex requirements of large, multi-layered organizations, including user role management, compliance with industry-specific regulations and integration with existing IT infrastructure. It has become painfully evident that a one-size-fits-all IAM system doesn’t exist, forcing organizations to use a combination of IAM systems across hybrid clouds and on-prem. A recent Osterman Research Report found that 52% of organizations stated that addressing identity access challenges in hybrid and multi-cloud environments was a critica ..
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