Service Components
Identity and Access Management Components
Having the right Identity and Access Management (IAM) system in place is essential for any organisation. IAM helps protect your data by ensuring that only authorised users can access sensitive business information. This reduces the risk of data breaches and cyberattacks, keeping your organisation safe.
Where appropriately maintaining compliance to legal and regulatory requirements is a key objective. Many industries have strict regulations about data protection, and a proper IAM system helps your organisation meet these requirements, avoiding fines and legal issues.
Efficiency is also improved with IAM. Tools like single sign-on allow users to access multiple systems with one set of credentials, saving time and reducing the hassle of managing multiple passwords. This leads to a better user experience, as employees can easily access the resources they need, boosting productivity and satisfaction.
IAM plays a crucial role in risk management. By regularly reviewing and updating access controls, you can identify and address vulnerabilities before they become major problems. This proactive approach helps manage potential security risks effectively.
Finally, IAM systems are scalable, meaning they can grow with your organisation. As you add new users and resources, your IAM system can easily adapt, ensuring that your security measures keep pace with your business needs.
Overall, the right IAM system helps protect your data, ensures compliance, improves efficiency, enhances user experience, manages risks, and supports growth.
Activities
Assessment and Analysis
In the Assessment and Analysis, we will thoroughly examine your current identity and access management practices. This involves reviewing user accounts, analysing access controls, and checking authentication methods to ensure they are secure. We will evaluate password policies, monitor user activity, and identify high-risk accounts that need extra protection. Additionally, we will assess compliance with industry standards and legal requirements.
Through conducting these activities, we will be able to provide you with detailed recommendations to improve your identity and access management, ensuring that only authorised users can access important data and keeping your system safe and secure.
The key activities are:
- Reviewing User Accounts
- Analysing Access Controls
- Checking Authentication Methods
- Evaluating Password Policies
- Monitoring User Activity
- Identifying High-Risk Accounts
- Assessing Compliance
- Providing Recommendations
Strategy and Planning
We will first understand your business’ needs and goals for Identity and Access Management (IAM). We will then review your current systems to find any weaknesses. Next is to create a plan to improve the IAM system, making sure it fits your budget and timeline. This plan will include steps to protect against unauthorised access and ensure only the right people can access your important business information.
- Understand your business needs
- Review of your current IAM systems
- Identify potential weaknesses
- Create a Strategy and Plan
Technology Selection and Implementation
Firstly, we will first understand your needs and goals for your technology selection and implementation. We will review your current technology to find any potential weaknesses. We will then research and select the most optimum tools and software to improve your IAM system, making sure it fits your budget and timeline.
We will ensure there are steps to set up and test the new technology to ensure it works well and keeps your data safe.
- Review your current technology
- Research optimum tooling
- Review and update the technology selection and implementation plan
- Implement new technology
- Test the IAM system
- Monitor and update
- Educate staff on new systems
Policy and Governance
We will review your current policies and rules to identify any weaknesses. Then, create a Policy and Governance plan to address any weaknesses identified in these policies. The plan will include steps to ensure the policies are followed and that your important business data is protected.
We will also ensure that any regulations and/or laws are complied to with the policies and services implemented.
The activities in this section include:
- Review current policies
- Identify potential weaknesses
- Create a detailed policy and compliance plan
- Implement new policies
- Ensure compliance
- Monitor and update policies
User Lifecycle Management
We will review how your users are added, managed, and removed from your IAM system. We will create a User Lifecycle Plan to implement improvements of these processes, making sure they fit with your budget and timeline.
The plan will include steps to ensure that only the right people have access to your important business information and that user accounts are managed securely throughout their lifecycle.
- Review current user management processes
- Identify potential weaknesses
- Create a user lifecycle management plan
- Implement user management processes
- Ensure secure access
- Monitor and update user accounts
Training and Support
We will work in conjunction with you to create a plan to educate your staff on how to use the new identity and access management system(s). The plan will include easy-to-follow instructions and hands-on training sessions. We will also provide ongoing support to help the staff with any questions or problems they might have, ensuring the system is used correctly and securely.
- Create a staff training plan
- Develop training materials
- Conduct training sessions
- Provide hands-on training
- Ongoing training support
- Answer questions
- Update training material as needed
