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Prevent Identity Management Disaster with a Process Analysis

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

For many organizations, the operational burden of managing IT systems on a day-to-day basis prevents the IT department from implementing highly strategic projects. The mandate to innovate in the face of a business that demands 24/7 availability is challenging at best. These operational pressures impact Identity Management (IAM) implementations, which are often seen as a […]

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8 Insightful Identity Management & Cybersecurity Articles, July 2018

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM / By Hanno Ekdahl

Every two weeks, we curate the latest IAM/IDM and cybersecurity industry news in the Idenhaus Identity & Access Management digest. We curate the best cybersecurity articles to help you navigate the ever-changing IT landscape. Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here. Here are the top IAM and cybersecurity articles from late July 2018. Enjoy! Using Blockchain to Support a New Approach

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10 Most Common Identity & Access Management Stakeholders

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM / By Hanno Ekdahl

Stakeholder engagement is arguably the most important component of a successful Identity Management project. Yet organizations often treat stakeholders as an afterthought or a fringe activity that is secondary to their technical implementation. Successful IAM projects rely on the input from a range of stakeholders to identify requirements and integrate processes and data to drive

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How to Successfully Introduce Role Based Access Control into a Group Environment, Part 3

Leave a Comment / ALL, IAM, Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) / By Hanno Ekdahl

A three-part series examining the intricacies of integrating Role Based Access Control into a group environment. One of the biggest benefits of Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is that it provides a simple model to assign access rights to users based on their function or position. Further, the assignment of roles can be largely automated through an

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7 Must-Read Identity Management Articles, July 2017

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

Stay informed by receiving this biweekly digest in your inbox. We curate high quality and relevant IAM & Cybersecurity articles and deliver them to you Tuesday evenings. Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here. Here are the top Cybersecurity and Access Management articles from July 2017. Enjoy! 3 Critical Success Factors for Every IAM Project via Idenhaus With these

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Managing Contractor Identities: Outsiders on the Inside

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

“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill — the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill — you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” –

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Mastering Identity Management: A Better Process for Vendor Evaluation

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

Selecting a vendor for your Identity Management solution can be an overwhelming task. The market is crowded, product functionality covers a wide range of features, and the investment in both money and time is guaranteed to lock in the business for 2-3 years. If the chosen product comes up short in a key area, the

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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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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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