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Identity Management
Overview
Identity management (ID Management/IdM) is the process of identifying, authenticating and authorizing an individual or group of individuals on an application, system or comprehensive IT environment. It is an information security domain that deals with the administrative tasks and processes of validating the identity and controlling the access of individuals/users for hardware or software.
Objective
- To identity an individual and which verifies his or her status within the organization
- To whereby a user gains access to a service or a group of services
- To provide access to a complete group of services for efficiency
- To ensure that users can access and use services for the reasons intended
Objective
- To identity an individual and which verifies his or her status within the organization
- To whereby a user gains access to a service or a group of services
- To provide access to a complete group of services for efficiency
- To ensure that users can access and use services for the reasons intended
Benefits
- Improving User Experiences .
- Enhancing Security Profilesr
- Simplifies Auditing and Reporting
- Allows Easy Access No Matter Where You Are
- Increases Productivity and Reduces IT Costs