{"id":2921,"date":"2018-06-19T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2018-06-19T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:15:22","slug":"iam-modularization-dr-martin-kuhlmann-omada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/iam-modularization-dr-martin-kuhlmann-omada\/","title":{"rendered":"IAM Modularization with Dr. Martin Kuhlmann of Omada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2227\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod.jpg\" alt=\"IAM Modularization with Dr. Martin Kuhlmann of Omada\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/01\/digital-binario-mod-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is Identity and Access Management (IAM) modularization? Is it a consideration in the enterprise-level solution selection process? Should it be? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We spoke to Dr. Martin Kuhlmann, Lead Solution Consultant at identity and access management solution provider <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omada.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Omada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the modularization of IAM and what it might mean for the future of identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"iam-inject\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/identity-governance-and-administration-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Identity Governance and Administration Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/01\/identity-governance-administration-speedbump-cta.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Identity Governance and Administration Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s our conversation, edited slightly for readability: <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Solutions Review: What is the modularization of IAM tasks? Is it part of the current discourse in IAM or is it upcoming?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Martin Kuhlmann: Identity and access management has become a very broad field comprising of multiple activities. This means that instead of implementing IAM just as a single block, companies are prioritizing their needs, security architects are structuring the different building blocks, and software vendors specialize on specific IAM aspects or provide modularized suites of products. In this sense, we observe a growing modularization in the IAM space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the response to the first question, [here are] some examples of those building blocks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">End-users want to use different applications seamlessly, pushing the innovations of authentication and single sign-on technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compliance regulations and security concerns require comprehensive reporting, auditing, and governance capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Access management workflows have become more versatile to provide coverage for employees, business partners, and customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customer identity and access management (CIAM) features rapidly evolving capabilities, leaning in the direction of \u201cconsumer relationship management.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even basic infrastructure tasks like data consolidation, synchronization, and reconciliation have become more complex since solutions providers have to manage a hybrid world with on-premises and cloud platforms [in many enterprises\u2019 IT architectures].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the future, each of these areas will be enhanced even more\u2014for example with blockchain technology\u2014by integrating user behavioral analytics or by incorporating automated decision-making. Special, feature-rich products have emerged for some of these areas, while some vendors offer \u201call-in-one\u201d suites. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The questions enterprises face now are which approach to take, which priorities to set, and which product set to go for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not just a \u201cbest-of-breed\u201d vs. \u201csuite\u201d decision. The question really is: How much should the IAM architecture be modularized, and what should ideally be covered by integrated solutions?<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>SR: How would you define the single comprehensive approach?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MK: I think in the scenario I described above, with its many different activities, there isn\u2019t a singular comprehensive approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The question is rather: Which kinds of integrated building blocks should be created? Which architecture provides the best balance between modularization and integration and can easily be operated?<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>SR: How does modularization and the comprehensive approach compare? What do they offer that the other cannot?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MK: I\u2019ll give four examples regarding the level of modularization:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The business requirements of access management and access auditing are tightly connected. For example, auditors require that access request processes should be the same as re-certification processes. The access audits are based on the \u201creal\u201d access rights from the IT systems. [Your IT security team can] compare these rights with the \u201cdesired state\u201d represented by access approvals and access provisioning policies. Therefore, the access management, auditing, and synchronization activities form a natural architectural building block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While single sign-on is based on the notion of an overarching identity, and in many cases requires the provisioning of accounts and access to the involved IT systems, single sign-on usually only has a few integration points with access management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The management of millions of consumer identities is still and will, over the next few years, be very different from enterprise IAM \u2013 it should be implemented in a separate initiative. This may look different for corporate customer scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sometimes, a single product needs add-ons to provide a logically comprehensive feature set. There are platforms and IT solutions on the market which have some IAM features built-in but are lacking some essential things. In those cases, specialized add-on products can be used as an \u201cadd-on module.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>SR: Is one better suited to cloud adoption or digital transformation?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MK: Cloud adoption and digital transformation lead to additional capabilities and feature sets in IAM. These trends make it more urgent to think about the right level of modularization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>SR: Does the modularization of IAM tasks constitute more decentralization in the IT environment? And if so, how could that benefit enterprises?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MK: Yes, it creates a cleaner, de-coupled architecture. This architecture can be operated more easily and increases security. And yes, companies can choose a best-of-breed product for each module.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Thanks to Dr. Martin Kuhlmann of Omada for his time and expertise!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Resources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/4-questions-future-iam-solutions-morten-boel-sigurdsson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 Questions on the Future of IAM Solutions with Morten Boel Sigurdsson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/whats-changed-gartners-2018-magic-quadrant-identity-governance-administration-iga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s Changed: Gartner\u2019s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/comparing-the-top-identity-and-access-management-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comparing the Top Identity and Access Management Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/2018-gartner-iga-magic-quadrant-whats-visionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Gartner IGA Magic Quadrant: What\u2019s In a Vision(<\/a>ary)?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/2018-gartner-critical-capabilities-identity-governance-administration-key-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Identity Governance and Administration: Key Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Identity and Access Management (IAM) modularization? 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