What is IAM?
IAM (Identity and Access Management) is crucial for protecting sensitive data, securely managing access, and reliably meeting compliance requirements within a company.
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At first glance, the topic of IAM (Identity and Access Management) may seem quite abstract. However, it frequently involves terms such as IT security, compliance, access structures, role concepts, source and target systems, access concepts, or target system provisioning.
IAM can be easily explained with the following example:
Your company has several thousand employees worldwide. Daily, employees leave the company for various reasons, while new employees join and others switch departments.
Each of these employees needs user accounts and permissions across multiple target systems such as SAP, Active Directory, LDAP, Lotus Notes, and various other IT systems. Without an IAM system, all these accounts would need to be created or removed manually for each system. This inevitably leads to a complex, error-prone, costly, and slow management process.
An IAM system can automatically handle the creation or removal of accounts across the required systems at the push of a button, performing these tasks in a very short time frame.
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The key points of IAM
As the overarching term suggests, IAM can be divided into Identity Management and Access Management. While these two terms address different aspects, they complement each other.
Identity Management
This involves the efficient management of digital identities and ensures that permissions are controlled throughout the entire lifecycle of an identity. An identity refers to a digital representation of an employee, which can be authenticated and verified through an authentication process against an IT system. The lifecycle includes all stages of an employee's time within your company.
From the employee's entry into the company, through department changes, to their departure: With a customized identity management concept tailored to your needs, we ensure that all employees have secure, fast, and timely access, or that access can be immediately revoked when necessary.
Access-Management
Defines which IT systems, data, objects, or processes digital identities have access to. From small and medium-sized enterprises to international corporations, companies today should manage their accounts and access permissions through a corresponding concept.
This requires minimizing administrative and manual efforts as much as possible through Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) or Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). These approaches help streamline the management of user permissions while maintaining security and compliance.
