Digital Identity (IAM)
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a critical security and business discipline that encompasses a range of technologies and processes. Its primary goal is to ensure that the right individuals or machines have access to the right resources at the right times for the right reasons, while preventing unauthorised access and fraud. On this page, you will find a variety of service offerings designed to enhance the security and efficiency of your business operations.This also includes efficient policies and controls, Identity Governance accelerators and more. Together these services are tailored to meet the needs of your customers, employees, and overall business, ensuring a smoother and more secure operational environment. Have any questions? Don’t hesitate to contact us!
The necessity of IAM
Different organisations will have various compelling reasons to consider implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM) within their environments, each with distinct needs and necessities. IAM is a fundamental principle and should be a cornerstone of every organisation’s defence strategy. The image on the left illustrates some of the potential benefits that a well-governed and thoughtfully designed IAM system can provide.
Assessments
The Assessment phase is the cornerstone of any digital identity initiative. It involves a thorough evaluation of the organisation's current identity management landscape, identifying gaps, and defining requirements. The goal of these assessments is to enhance compliance with regulatory requirements for example or identify potential blind-spots to streamline your Identity & Access Management system
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Implementations
The Implementation phase is where the strategic plan is translated into actionable solutions. This phase involves designing, developing, and deploying the digital identity systems and processes.
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Support
The Support phase is critical for maintaining the effectiveness and relevance of the digital identity solution over time. It involves ongoing management, monitoring, and optimization to ensure continuous improvement and adaptability.
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IAM-as-a-service
IAM-as-a-service is a collaborative unit that combines development, operations, design and support expertise to manage and enhance your Digital Identity solutions. Besides these cornerstones it can also provide process modelling and use case building. Operating under a Service Level Agreement (SLA), the team ensures high availability and reliability, going from 24h response time for architectural questions for example to 24/7 support and incident management if requested.
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The different types of IAM
Within IAM we can discern various types. Each having distinct different use-cases and set-up to perform at its best. We can usually discern it to the following four categories:
Workforce Identity & Access Management (WIAM)
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Consumer/Citizen/Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)
Machine Identity & Access Management (API Security, IoT, Machine to Machine Communication, OT)
As you can imagine, setting up an IAM system for workforce identity is completely different to a a system designed to work with Machine Identities to communicate with APIs or perform authentication and authorization on those endpoints. Need help distinguishing all these different requirements or possibilities?
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