Integrated Systems: An Identity Management Primer

Identity and access management (IdM) technology, best practices and integrated security architectures provide enterprises with a means to control who has access to what. Specifically, identity management software tools provide intelligence and visibility into which employees have access to what applications, systems, doors and data and who approved that access. Organizations can then centralize and automate the provisioning and control of access across the organization.

Beyond these architectural parameters, the selected technology vendor or integrator should have demonstrable experience with implementations for global organizations and deployment case studies. The technology itself should undoubtedly meet the toughest IdM challenges. At the top of this list are insider security threats, external threats and compliance automation.