
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