Why do we need IdM?

September 09, 2019

Identity Management is a collection of processes an organisation uses to manage the security lifecycle of resources for it’s entities.

It allows an organisation to protect its data.

It protects data by:

• Access and rights management to resources
• Policy enforcement (on accounts, entitlements, etc.)
• Avoiding errors and omissions
• Managing relationships between Identities (more on this later)

An effective IdM suite can provide:

• Security :
• • Segregation of duties
  • Multiple approval workflows
• Auditing:
• • Fraud detection
  • Fault detection and rectification
• Metrics:
• • Reporting
  • Analytics