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Identity & Access Management (IAM)

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Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a security and business discipline that includes multiple technologies and business processes to help the right people or machines to access the right assets at the right time for the right reasons, while keeping unauthorized access and fraud at bay.

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Can you share any tips or lessons learned from your IAM implementation? What would you do differently, if anything?

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We are currently in the process of implementing Opentext's Voltage Fusion to identify Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) in our unstructured data environment. Are there any recommendations regarding common file types that we should be scanning to look for this information? We were thinking of scanning csv, doc, docx, xlsx, xls, msg, pdf, txt, zip, xml, asc and accdb. Is there anything else that we should be looking for, or is this a good start?

What advanced identity analytics or continuous access controls is your organization using (or planning to implement)? Any lessons learned you can share regarding vendor selection or implementation?

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What do you trust more and are implementing today - Multi-factor authentication or single-sign on ?

Multi-factor authentication59%

Single-sign on27%

Both12%

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What strategies do you use to ensure IAM solutions are sufficiently composable to adapt to changing business needs?

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Has your organization established an identity governance and administration (IGA) program or implemented an IGA platform solution? What do you consider to be key success factors when it comes to identity governance?

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How is the current geopolitical climate impacting identity security risks in your industry? What’s your approach to assessing potential risks associated with geopolitical instability?

How do you prioritize the organization’s identity security investments amid economic uncertainty? What's the most important focus when resources or budgets are especially constrained?

What are some best practices for identity security or IAM when dealing with decentralized users/assets? How can organizations adjust strategy or policies to address decentralization?

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If your organization uses 2FA, do individuals use their personal mobile devices to authenticate or a corporate/company-issued mobile device?

Personal Device79%

Company-Issued Device20%

What's your annual cybersecurity budget per employee?

Less than $100039%

$1000 - $200049%

$2000 - $30007%

$3000+4%

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Have you found effective strategies to automate manual IAM processes like access remediation, access reviews, etc.? How do you overcome automation gaps in your identity security flows?

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How is your organization evolving its IAM infrastructure? Can you share any examples of high-impact changes that can increase interoperability and/or agility?

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Have you attempted to consolidate or rationalize your organization's identity management tools? What are the main hurdles to addressing IAM tool sprawl?

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What are your views on the upcoming "delayed" retirement for Microsoft Identity Manager and moving to either Entra ID Provisioning or a third party tool for JML. With MIM openly being discussed to be retired at some point, are the other solutions from Microsoft mature enough, or should I stay as I am for now?

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Does the operational management of Identity Tools reside in IT or the CISO organization in your company?

Specifically thinking about Active Directory, Entra-ID and if it is effective to split operations of directories services away from the rest of the Microsoft Cloud services like Intune, conditional access, exchange etc.

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