Understanding the need for IAM

Having controls and mechanisms to successfully manage access to resources and applications, while managing control over the identities of the people who are a part of our organization, has been a major business need for the past few years.

Undoubtedly, we all have seen a significant change in the field since 2020, where organizations have sped up the process to broaden their digital transformation initiatives. And, more often than not, identity management and identity protection are overlooked as components, with the only purpose to provide user credentials and manage access to SaaS applications such as Office 365 and a few familiar others.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we were all impacted to some level in carrying out our daily work, and organizations needed to accommodate remote management and remote working for staff. A clear strategy to enable a hybrid work approach became critical to organizations of different sizes and verticals.

Organizations...