Compare IAM Solutions for The Internet of Things with Forrester’s Vendor Landscape

It may sound futuristic to some, but the Internet of Things (IoT), that nebulous net of connected everything, is here at last, and it’s only getting bigger— the global IoT market is expected to grow to $7.1 trillion by 2020, compared to $1.9 trillion in 2013, and companies all over the globe are scrambling to meet the opportunity.

Connected cars, homes, tools, factories, and even toys are all coming to market—what was once a Jetsons-like SciFi daydream is now a reality, and for many security pros, it’s a harsh reality.

Over the course of the next decade, the number of IoT-enabled devices will grow by the billions. These devices represent a new attack surface for cybercriminals and a means by which they can launch large-scale attacks—it could even give them the chance to affect real-life physical happenings maliciously.

In fact, enterprise tech research and analyst firm Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2020, more than 25 percent of identified attacks in enterprises will involve IoT, and yet, the same study predicts that IoT will account for less than 10 percent of IT security budgets.

One particular focus area for IoT security is Identity Management. The Internet of Things is fueled by connections between people, devices, and apps and managing and controlling access to those connections is a critical step in securing the Internet of Things (IoT). But legacy identity and access management (IAM) systems are ill-equipped for the  extreme scale and complexity that the IoT brings to the enterprise.

But what exactly does  IoT IAM entail? And how does it succeed where traditional, workforce IAM fails?

To find out, check out the all-new Forrester Research report Vendor Landscape: Identity And Access Management Solutions For The Internet Of Things Scale, Real-Time Performance, And Data Protection Differentiate IAM IoT Solutions.

In their 16-page report, available for $2500 here, or free of charge here, Forrester analysts Andras Cser and Merritt Maxim outline the substantial differences between IoT IAM and traditional IAM, how IAM requirements vary across the IoT ecosystem, and investigate the essential capabilities of emerging IoT IAM solutions.

Forrester’s research team examines the IoT IAM market in full, including a comparison of the top 12 vendor and user companies providing IoT IAM solutions today.

Evaluated vendors are separated into two distinct groups: vendors with an “IAM DNA”, and vendors with “cloud-service DNA” to compare their capabilities across on-premise and SaaS/cloud-based solutions.

You can get the report in full here.

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