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Mastering Identity Management: Keep Your Friends Close and Your Stakeholders Closer

Leave a Comment / ALL, Governance, HRIS, IAM, IDM / By Hanno Ekdahl

Stakeholders are an important asset and are critical to the success of your Identity and Access Management program. Few IT projects have such far-reaching scope as Identity Management (IAM) engagements, touching stakeholders across all business domains. The breadth of IAM’s reach is also its downfall – with new requirements springing up like mushrooms after a […]

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Does your Identity Management Program Pass the ‘Marshmallow Test’?

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, IDM, Process / By Hanno Ekdahl

There is a famous series of studies about self-discipline called the ‘Marshmallow Test’ that was run by Stanford University in the 60s and 70s. During these studies, children were offered a choice between getting a single marshmallow immediately or getting a whole bag of marshmallows if they waited for a short period, during which the

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4 Identity Management Articles You May Have Missed

Leave a Comment / ALL, Cybersecurity, IAM, IDM / By Hanno Ekdahl

Every two weeks we deliver a curated digest of Identity Management and Cybersecurity News to security leaders, IT professionals, and CISO/CSOs. Based on subscriber feedback, we’ve selected the most popular articles to highlight here. BitLocker encryption can be defeated with trivial Windows authentication bypass In its own documentation, Microsoft admits that preboot authentication is “unacceptable

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How a Solution Roadmap Aligns IT and Business Strategy

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, IDM, Process / By Hanno Ekdahl

The challenge to successfully implement IT solutions that deliver their expected value to the organization is ongoing. According to an IBM study, only 40% of IT projects meet schedule, budget and quality goals. The root cause of this issue, according to the Project Management Institute, is a lack of alignment between the project and the

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10 Challenges IAM Governance Teams Help Organizations Overcome

Leave a Comment / ALL, Governance, IAM, IDM / By Hanno Ekdahl

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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10 Tips to Avoid an Identity Management Disaster

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, IDM / By Hanno Ekdahl

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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Core Identity & Access Management Use Cases

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, Identity, IDM, Process, Provisioning / By Hanno Ekdahl

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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How Identity Management Cuts Costs

Leave a Comment / IAM, Identity, IDM, Process, Provisioning / By Hanno Ekdahl

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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Part 1: Defining Roles for IAM – Begin at the Top!

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, Identity, IDM, Provisioning, Security / By Hanno Ekdahl

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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Part IV –Good Data Quality drives better Identity Management

Leave a Comment / ALL, Data Quality, HRIS, IAM, Identity, IDM / By Hanno Ekdahl

Most organizations spend many months defining requirements and determining which Identity Management (IDM) solution will help them improve their business, while few pay attention to the data that are critical to running their IDM systems. If your organization is going to invest large sums of money and time building an IDM solution, why is data

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