Tuesday, July 15, 2014

How New York Network Security Company Provides Identity Management Services At Enterprise Levels

By Nelson Cozad


Identity and access management (IAM) at the enterprise level is a complex set of processes and technologies that allow secure and effective management of a large number of users and their access to various system resources. New York Network Security companies are often called in by companies located all over the Northeast. Most of them are looking for a professional consultant to help with identity management services.

Companies these days have an increasing number of systems that require integration, creating a web of interconnected company-wide linkages. This makes it very hard and unfeasible for a bunch of IT nerds to sit around doing user management like they used to do in the past. IAM project implementation is the only way to effectively handle it in the age of cloud computing, ERP, smartphone apps, SaaS platforms and so on.

It requires the services of qualified networking professionals experienced in enterprise IAM project implementation. However, that's no reason to make it sound so geeky and mysterious. Let's lift up the hood and see if the process can be explained in simple terms.

The best place to begin is with what is known as a PUT chart. The P stands for processes, the U for user populations, and the T for target systems. All that has to be done is to create three columns and write down the relevant information in each one.

The P column may include processes such as user onboarding, single sign-on, password reset and user offboarding. The T column includes division-specific and company-wide systems such as mail servers, ERP and CRM, and also the standalone ones such as inventory and accounting (if there's no ERP). The U column will include user groups who need specific levels of access to these systems, and may include employees, customers, vendors, contractors, etc.

The identities of users assigned to specific tasks are subject to frequent change, and the company's systems are also constantly being upgraded. This makes IAM projects ongoing endeavors that require daily attention. It's critical to design and implement it in such a way that the ongoing maintenance requires minimal resources and causes no disruption. This is where network security consultants in New York providing identity management services come into the picture.




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