Gone are the days of being in the same job for 20+ years, I certainly have moved about a lot and for the majority of my generation and those after, the average time spent within a role is between 2-3 years. At this point, they may be promoted, move to another department, leave for another company or a competitor even and this is when it is time to check and confirm relevant access and privileges. Smaller companies can easily monitor this and therefore can revoke or create accesses to relevant tools/applications – but in large corporate and global environments, this requires a higher level of monitoring and scrutiny continuously.
CSOs, CIOs and IT Managers alike use different technologies within their enterprise networks to control user access, but with all the changes to our working lives, particularly in 2020 with remote workers, project-based workers, temporary/short-term contract workers – do the security divisions really have their finger on the pulse or is there a way to make this more efficient, more secure and quite frankly easier to monitor.
IAM – Identity Access Management tools are critical offering an important layer of security to enhance the productivity in business today. If you take into account different regulations set out by, for example; GDPR. General Data Protection Regulation or other government compliances within industries, such as Healthcare, Banking & Construction, having a robust IAM product will ensure you do not end up with a risk to the corporate environment.
Large vendors such as IBM, Microsoft & Oracle with IBM Security Identity & Access Assurance, Microsoft Azure Active Directory & Oracle Identity Cloud Service, but there are many in this landscape with offerings of IAM. Yes, it is absolutely important to embrace the big 3 – but with the move to project and contract-based workers, it is vital to ensure the right access is given to your workforce, contractors and partners and it is time to look at complimentary solutions to support your teams. Given that IT departments have less people today, IAM systems can manage users in different computing environments using automation within real-time. The days are gone of manual adjustments for hundreds of thousands of users – it is just utterly frustrating for all and not feasible.
So, it is time for HR, IT and other departments to come together and all be involved in IAM – this is where a focused IAM provider like IDAX compliments the modern demands of all business areas. Come chat with us today to find out more!