Strengthening Cybersecurity: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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This is the most cruicial part and the component of your network infrastructure, where you will be responsible to design AAA services for your employees, clients, network devices and such. Let’s breakdown some of the IAM components:

Verification:

  • Biometric authentication
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
  • IoT authentication
  • User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

Authentication:

  • Authentication services

Audit, Compliance, & Governance:

  • User management services
  • Authorization services
  • Directory services

Access Management & Authorization:

  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)
  • Two-factor authentication
  • SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
  • Asset discovery & management
  • Vulnerability management
  • Endpoint security
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Incident response services

Identity Lifecycle Management:

  • Network security
  • Data security

Data Directory:

  • AI and machine learning
  • Blockchain

Access Management & Authorization:

  • Managed security services
  • Supply chain security

Governance Framework:

  • Reporting & analytics
  • Consulting & integration services
  • Fleet management security
  • Logistics automation security

Top IAM tools

CSO evaluated the top nine IAM products, these are:

  • Avatier
  • BeyondTrust
  • CyberArk
  • ForgeRock
  • Microsoft Azure Active Directory
  • Okta
  • One Identity
  • Ping Identity
  • SailPoint