Identity Management

Through association with Oxford Management, eLS provides consulting and skills training in the field of Identity and Access Management.

A robust Identity and Access Management strategy (IAM) is a requirement in today's IT environment. The fundamentals of an IAM strategy include: knowing who your users are (Authentication); controlling their access to applications and resources (Authorisation); and managing their identity information, credentials and passwords across systems and directories (Administration).

The combined pressures of security, compliance, service delivery and administrative cost have created a strong need for automated identity and access management.

Definition of IAM

A system of procedures, policies and technologies to manage the lifecycle and entitlements of digital identities. More simply, an efficient and auditable mechanism for ensuring the right people have access to the right resources at the right time.

Components of IAM

There are three key components:

• Directory Services repositories for storing and managing accounts, identity information, and security credentials.
• Access Management the process of authenticating credentials and controlling access to networked resources based on trust and identity.
• Identity Life Cycle Management The processes used to create and delete accounts, manage account and entitlement changes, and track policy compliance.

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