Identity Management for Businesses
Ever wonder what Identity management is and how it affects your business?
Identity management should be an important part of your overall security plan because it is linked to both the security and productivity of your business and organization.
In simple terms, identity management (ID management) is the process that your internal IT resource or outsourced technology partner uses in identifying, authenticating and authorizing users and groups of people to your network.
It’s the process of granting access to your employees, team members, and anyone else you want to have access to your business applications, systems or networks by giving them user rights, as well as restrictions.
Access to Your Systems
You don’t want the wrong people to have access to your systems that shouldn’t have access to them. It’s important for your business and organization to have an identity management process in place because it ensures that only authenticated users are granted access to your specific applications, systems or IT environments. This includes things like control over user provisioning and the process of onboarding new users such as employees, partners, clients and other contractors.
Authorized Users
Identity management also includes controlling the process of authorizing system or network permissions for existing users and the offboarding of users who are no longer authorized to access your specific systems, like in the case of an employee who leaves your company or a contractor who’s finished their job and access is no longer necessary.