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Simplifying The Burden Of User Provisioning

In today’s world, there is nothing as consistent as change. Staff leaving, staff joining, mergers, role changes, name changes – we all live with this every day, and it’s a nightmare keeping up. Security is a huge risk in this area; if users aren’t taken off the system immediately, we leave ourselves open to malicious back-lash, fraud and mischief. If staff does not have the right access to do their job, much time is wasted and miscommunication can lead to low morale, which is commonly a problem in difficult times such as this.

Complete Identity Lifecycle Management
As users enter, exit and shift roles within your organisation, you have the unenviable task of making sure their electronic identities keep pace. With only limited hours in the day, it is difficult to keep pace and this is precisely why organisations large and small are turning to ways to automate identity lifecycle management.

With the solutions available, you are able to fully automate:

Identity and access management technology work by using your business rules to automate resource assignment. As a result, new users are set up to access just what they need as soon as they need it and leavers can be immediately de-provisioned.

Identify Management works by enabling you to define roles and the access that is provided in these roles such as access to enterprise software, data and resources. When a user’s role changes, the system automatically takes care of changing their access rights to all of your resources - you change their role once and the system does all of the other work.

Not only do such applications make your life easier, but it also ensures full compliance to internal and external regulations. Full audit tracking enables you to provide anyone needing to know exactly who had access to what systems at any point in time.

Secure, Barrier-free Identity and Access Management
Proving secure and managed access to systems within the boundaries of your internal network is only half of the challenge you face. You also have to manage external access to your network for mobile workers, partners, contractors and anyone else that rely on secure access to your corporate resources.

Access Management applications can also help in this area, providing you with

Mobile workers demand the freedom to access necessary resources as if they were sitting at their own desks. Your challenge is to enable anytime, anywhere access for your employees but in a secure and audited manner. Advanced capabilities like a client-less VPN and single sign-on enable you to give users the same access whether they're at home, in a hotel room, or in the office.

Hassle-free Password Management
Having a corporate policy with regards to passwords is one thing, being confident that this policy is being effectively implemented is something entirely different. With so many different systems and different password requirements, it is very difficult to implement password policies consistently and ensure that users are forced to change their password in line with what you have defined as required policy.

Identity and Access Management solutions allow you to automate password management throughout the user lifecycle. From first-day access to new users, through periodic enforced changes to passwords, Identity and Access Management can enable you to simply and effectively manage a single user log-in across all of your systems.

This enables you to:

With the right Identity and Access Management solution in place you can empower your users through self-service. Password management is simplified by enabling business managers and departments to handle their own users' access needs. Users manage their credentials through delegated administration, approval workflows and role-based provisioning. This means there is no more wasted time while managers contact a network administrator for simple password resets or changes in personal data. And with end-users managing their own password requirements, you can redirect your attention to your core duties.

Whether you are operating in a Novell or Microsoft environment, there are proven and cost-effective solutions available around Identity and Access Management. b2Lateral are experts in these solutions and can help you evaluate and implement the most appropriate solution for your organisation. To find out more contact Derrick Hall on 0844 664 2565 to find out more or email Derrick at dhall@b2lateral.net

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