In every identity project the topic of user account naming conventions comes up. We have seen just about every convention possible. More often than not, environments have more than one convention because over time they changed the convention but grandfathered in the existing accounts. Inevitably I’m asked, “What is the best user account naming convention for us to use?”
There is no such thing as an absolute right answer to
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We have all heard the stories about businesses struggling to stay viable as we deal with the current economic slump. A topic that has been of particular interest to many of our existing and prospective customers in recent months has therefore been _cost reduction_. While the Identity Management space covers a lot of ground, one particular area that can have a big impact on cost is Password Self Service.
The challenge for
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Identity Lifecycle Management is a function that occurs in all organizations but is usually a manual process at best. Many organizations are being driven to implement processes to automatically curtail user access based on their role within the organization and to automatically revoke that access upon termination.
A great use-case for understanding the power of this technology is to consider what happens when Judy, a finance
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When we meet with a customer, we first like to build a common ground with regards to nomenclature. In the identity management field this is especially true because terms are used differently by different people/organizations. We find this to be especially true with discussions around the topic of SSO (Single Sign-On).
What does SSO mean to you? Does it mean you log in one time and never get challenged with an ID/Password
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Today’s enterprise is more complex than ever before. The pressure on Information Technology departments to manage their technology resources to meet the current organizational needs all the while scaling to meet its future needs is tremendous.
Following are five areas that most businesses are challenged with today that would be significantly impacted in a positive way by implementing an Identity Management solution.
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