Identity Management Series – Workflows Part 2: Provisioning and Deprovisioning

In this month’s Introduction, three workflow sets were introduced: Provisioning and deprovisioning (which I abbreviate as de/provisioning) Non-employee management User or access recertification This segment explores the first of these, de/provisioning) De/provisioning is the most common of IAM workflows. Done right, this workflow delivers tremendous ROI, improved audit results and improved customer satisfaction by significantly [...]

Identity Management Series – Workflows Part 1: Introduction

We started developing workflows in last month’s activity to manage vacancies. Relatively speaking, vacancy management workflows are comparatively simple and provide business-relevant quick-wins, which give credence to the IAM program. Since a full IAM implementation is typically a multi-year process, being able to point to tangible benefits along the way (other than, “hey – check [...]

The First Brick: Understanding Identity Management

What is Identity Management? Identity Management (IDM), or Identity and Access Management (IAM), is a suite of products that work together (more or less cohesively) to manage users and their access/passwords across the enterprise. Most identity management product suites consist of three or sometimes four parts: -        Role manager -        Identity manager -        Access manager [...]