Risk
Stores and encrypts sensitive passwords for authorized users.
What is a password vault?
Requirements like GDPR and Dora
What are regulatory requirements
The process of creating new user accounts and granting initial access to IT systems.
What is user onboarding
IAM designed to enhance user experience for customers
A method of authentication that removes the need for entering password?
What is passwordless login
The practice of regularly changing administrative passwords to enhance security.
What is password rotation?
Mechanisms to ensure adherence to security and access policies in IT systems.
What is policy enforcement?
An interface that simplifies how employees request access to applications or data.
What is a user-friendly UI?
Enable secure access between an organization's internal systems and it's suppliers and partners.
What is supply chain facing IAM?
Handles user sessions, ensuring proper authentication and termination.
What is session management?
Regular audits to confirm users have the correct permissions to systems and data.
What are access reviews?
Assigning access rights based on predefined job functions to improve efficiency.
What are role-based entitlements
This concept allows users to authenticate once and use multiple services without needing seperate credentials for each.
What is federation?
Ensures user accounts match the intended permissions in the system.
What is reconciliation?
Process of reviewing actual access to ensure compliance and integrity.
What is auditing
Managing user identities from creation to deactivation across their employment.
What is identity lifecycle management?
IAM should support multi-cloud and heterogenous system landscapes
How can IAM support Mergers and Acquisitions?
This concept ensures that when a user logs out of one system, they are also logged out of all connected systems.
What is single sign-off?
Records sessions for auditing, often in privileged access management.
What it session recording?
Dividing responsibilities in IT to mitigate risks of fraud and errors.
What is separation of duties?
A benefit of IAM through automation and eliminating redundant access.
What is cost reduction?
A method to instantly revoke access for a compromised account across all IT systems.
What is a kill switch?