Converged IAM
The Future of Identity
Converged IAM can be defined as an IAM solution that brings all the different dimensions of identity and access management into a single platform. Access Management, Identity Governance and Administration, and in some cases even CIAM, all converging in a single solution and is touted to be the future of enterprise security infrastructure.
Most of the leading players in the IAM industry have been strong in only one dimension of IAM and customers always had to purchase an Access Management solution from one vendor, and an IGA solution from another. What if there was a need for risk analytics? Maybe another set of solutions.
This fragmented approach left customers with-
- Large bills
- Long implementation cycles
- Complicated vendor management.
- No common ground to manage the data of identities from these various solutions
More so, this collection of solutions was only affordable by the larger enterprises, leaving the small and medium-sized businesses grappling for a solution. The security leaders in such organizations had to go through the arduous task of convincing stakeholders that these solutions are necessary.
The solution to this predicament – Converged IAM
Converged Identity and Access Management is an IAM solution that is equipped with the functionalities that can enable organizations to be secure and productive without exhausting their resources in managing the solution itself.
Converged IAM is indeed the future of IAM. It’s only a matter of realizing this importance and educating stakeholders to ensure organizations are better equipped to handle today’s sophisticated threat landscape.
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus) is recognized as a leader in the Converged IAM space as it offers all the modules to be categorized as a Converged IAM solution. Download the executive view report by KuppingerCole, leading industry analyst, to know how CI could be the right fit for your organization’s cybersecurity needs.
Cross Identity provides all the key functionalities for a holistic IAM experience.
Access Management takes care of all your users’ access needs. With Single Sign-On(SSO), they can access all their applications in just one click.
Password Management module helps protect users’ passwords and ensure security loopholes do not hamper productivity. Likewise, the solution also makes users self-reliant with self-service password reset and account unlock capabilities.
Multi-factor Authentication(MFA) solution provides different options like two-factor, multi-factor, and even zero factor or passwordless authentication capabilities.
Identity Governance helps ensure “who has access to what” at all times! Organizations can track accesses in real time within all enterprise applications. It also makes for efficient access recertification processes and audit trails.
Identity Administration solution enables secure access approval and revoke capabilities, while simplifying the approval workflows, leaving no room for errors.
Cross Identity’ vision to provide identity centric holistic solution is realized through the intelligent Identity Analytics based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. It combines static & dynamic risk data to identify indicators of compromise early-on and shares that with the SoC team for timely action while filtering out false alarms.
