4 Biggest Identity Management Mistakes Made by Mid-Market CIOs (SlideShare)

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4 Biggest Identity Management

Mistakes Made by Mid-Market CIOs

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1) Lack of Executive Support

and Involvement

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Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix


Only an executive can

cut through politics and

resistance to compel project

buy-in from affected parties




Make sure the executives

in your firm understand the

process and are on-board

with the upcoming changes




2) Understanding

Authentication versus

Authorization




IDM does two things:




(1) provisions accounts




and (2) acts as a central

repository for accounts

provisioned elsewhere

(i.e. authoritative sources)




It then becomes the

data source that can power

single sign-on (SSO)




The access management

mechanism of IDM can

either authenticate users

or authenticate and

authorize users




3) Bring Business Process

Consultants Onboard First




IDM presents an opportunity

for process reengineering




Business process consultants

will review current workflow

and recommend changes

to existing procedures




to make those more easily

fit into the system which will

reduce waste and errors




4) Problems with

Provisioning Accounts




There are several issues

that may arise when

creating and managing

access for users:




• Failing to delete accounts

after employees have left

the business




• Failing to delete service

accounts for installed

software or change the

user ID




• Not requiring regular

password changes

including service

accounts




• Not adding two-factor

authentication which

helps protect against

stolen passwords




Bottom Line




Identity management

projects can fall short of the

goal of bringing change,

standardization, and cost

savings if not managed

properly




Understand what can go

wrong to help your project

avoid the pitfalls




How has your IDM

implementation fared?




Was it a success?




Have you managed to deploy

it to all the systems targeted

in the project plan?




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the Comments section below




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4 Biggest Identity Management Mistakes Made by Mid-Market CIOs (SlideShare)