IAM: Enterprises Face A Long, Hard Road To Improve
ComputerWeekly, Monday, November 11th, 2024
Poor identity and access management puts enterprise data at risk, but the path to stronger IAM remains complex
Identity and access management (IAM) is a difficult and enduring challenge for enterprises. Organisations need to balance securing and managing identities effectively with ease of use for employees, customers and suppliers. Put in too many layers of identity and access control, and the result is 'friction': processes that make it harder for employees to do their jobs.
'Many organisations start their identity journey with a combination of only short-term objectives, poor identity data, immature identity architecture and weak user verification,' warns Scott Swalling, a cloud and data security expert at PA Consulting.