Identity and Access (IDA) Management is a system of procedures, policies and technologies to manage the lifecycle and entitlements of digital identities. Enabling you to make sure that the right people from within and outside your organization have access to the right systems at the right time.

Managing digital identities and access privileges can be a huge and costly burden. But more than that, if users are not managed effectively it can lead to increased security risks, regulatory compliance breakdowns and the inability to effectively deploy new business initiatives.

Can you identify with any of the following IT challenges? If the answer is yes, then solutions for Identity & Access will almost certainly be of value to you.

• You rely heavily on IT to carry out day to day duties.
• You have large numbers of users requiring access.
• Keeping identity and access details up to date is a significant and costly task.
• Individuals change roles or get promoted and access rights need changing.
• You have large numbers of disparate IT systems - some custom built or using obsolete technologies - that have to be managed independently.
• IT Users have multiple IDs and logins.
• Your helpdesk spends too much time on password management issues.
• User productivity is hampered by password and logon issues.
• You need to provide secure access while maintaining ease of use.
• You require stringent audit and reporting for compliance purposes.

Our Identity and Access (IDA) solutions can take the form of strategic initiatives or tactical point solutions to solve specific problems. They are based on market-leading technologies, in particular those from Microsoft – a product set in which we have exceptionally strong experience.

The following represents the core functional areas of our IDA solutions:

• Identity Lifecycle Management - Enables an organization to define and automate the process used to manage the entire lifecycle of a digital identity and associated entitlements.
• Remote Access Control - Enables your employees, customers and partners to securely access your IT systems away from a physical office.
• Directory Services - Provides an organization with the ability to manage store and present information about users and other entities in their infrastructure.
• Authentication Solutions - Provides organizations with a method to authenticate users and devices more securely than user name and password, ensuring a higher level of access security.
• Federation - Enables two or more organizations to securely share digital identities and entitlements rights across security and enterprise boundaries.
• Information Protection - Protects digital assets within and beyond the enterprise.