According to 2015 Cost of Cyber Crime, recently released by The Ponemon Institute, the minimum cost of cyber crime to a company was $1.9M while the maximum cost was as much as $65M. As news of major cyber attacks becomes an almost weekly occurrence, organizations are still struggling to define a security model and determine how […]
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The best Identity Management (IAM) practitioners are businesses that have adopted a formal governance structure with defined processes and practices that deliver value. Governance frameworks are necessary to deliver on the promise of IAM to support business users’ access needs consistently without compromising security or causing a compliance breach. The big pivot here is that Identity Management
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Maintaining data quality is the single most important principle of a functioning Identity Management solution. In fact, realizing the benefits of automated user provisioning and access management processes depends on it. Unfortunately, there is a huge performance penalty for getting the data wrong that users will not accept – putting your IAM program at risk
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More than half of all IDM projects fail the first time, yet all too often companies quickly select a technology and begin implementation. A newly inked contract may help ease the immediate pressure to get something done, but a failed project doesn’t make good financial sense and could mean you’ll have to make some undesirable
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Here is a reference list of common Identity & Access Management Use Cases: Create User Initial Population of Users in ID Store (Data seeding for existing users) New Employee through automated HR feed New Non-Employee – Internal (HR feed, workflow request, application of record) New Non-Employee – External (workflow request, application of record) New Employee
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Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions aren’t new. Most large organizations have implemented some form of IAM and realized dramatic savings in managing the user lifecycle from the user’s creation to separation. The real driver goes beyond cost because end user productivity and security are greatly enhanced as well. Yet a number of organizations are still
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Here are some cool takeaways from the Cybersecurity Forum with Israel and the American South hosted by Baker Donelson at Georgia Tech. The conference was broad in scope and addressed a wide range of issues in Cybersecurity across people, process, and technology. Here are some of the most impactful sound bites from the forum: Today,
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We believe that a two-pronged approach to roles definition is the key to implementing Role Based Access Control (RBAC) successfully. While there are tools that can automate the ‘bottom up’ approach, the old adage “Garbage In, Garbage Out” applies. If the data that you are basing your role definition on are bad, then a bottom
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Our path to well-defined roles begins with the system owner who evaluates the applications and which users should have access. When he determines that a group does not belong, for example, the accounting folks should not be on a particular application or system, he removes them…All of them. This first pass eliminates users who should
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Implementing roles-based access control is invaluable, when implemented correctly. Roles simplify access management for employees, contractors, and external users by incorporating the business policies and rules necessary to grant appropriate access; allowing the Identity Management solution to grant, modify and revoke access automatically. Just as importantly, roles simplify compliance as well, making it easier to
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Idenhaus is an award-winning Identity Management and Cybersecurity services firm based in Atlanta, GA.
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1-404-919-6167
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Idenhaus is an award-winning Identity Management and Cybersecurity services firm based in Atlanta, GA.
Idenhaus
984 Blue Ridge Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306
404-919-6167
[email protected]
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