{"id":3489,"date":"2018-09-11T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2018-09-07T15:27:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:27:18","slug":"quick-tips-enterprise-iam-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/quick-tips-enterprise-iam-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Quick Tips for Enterprise IAM Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3039\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod.jpg\" alt=\"A Few Quick Tips for Enterprise IAM Maintenance\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod-180x79.jpg 180w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/07\/endpoint-security-questions-mod-400x175.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maintaining an identity and access management (IAM) solution is essential to any enterprise taking its cybersecurity seriously. According to plenty of cybersecurity experts and solution providers, identity is poised to subsume all of cybersecurity. Identity is already being hailed as the new IT perimeter, and with the right capabilities identity can also provide threat detection and threat intelligence. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet enterprise-level IAM maintenance can prove a challenge. It can be easy to fall into traps and make poor decisions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are a few tips to make your IAM maintenance easier and more effective: <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Keep Funding IAM Properly<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity and access management, when optimized, tends to not draw attention to itself. Therefore, some enterprise decision makers can come to the erroneous conclusion that IAM maintenance is an unnecessary expense. This is not at all the case. Your enterprise needs to make identity security an essential business process with the funding to match. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Use the Information Your Solution Provides You<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modern identity and access management solutions tend to provide enterprises with information on the behavior of your users, their access entitlements, etc. You can use this information to enforce the principle of least privileges, enforce zero trust security, and prevent access creep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, this requires <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">using<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the information. This means active involvement in IAM maintenance. IAM is not a set-it-and-forget-it affair. It needs your security team\u2019s active participation to function optimally. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Stay Updated<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IAM maintenance means maintenance in the most practical sense as well. This means evaluating your identity security solution for deficiencies, best practices, and possible areas of improvement. It means patching discovered vulnerabilities and keeping the solution updated. In the case of legacy IAM solutions, it may involve finding a new solution better prepared to face the modern threat landscape. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Allowing your IAM solution to stagnate is the opposite of IAM maintenance. It creates new security holes hackers are all too eager to exploit. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Find Help When You Need It<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IAM maintenance and IAM functionality depend largely on being able to provide 24\/7 support and monitoring. Users and hackers alike could access the network at any time, and the longer they dwell in the network the more damage they do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your enterprise and security team can\u2019t provide 24\/7 IAM maintenance, it may be time to ask for help. Plenty of identity security solution providers offer managed security services options. WIth the cybersecurity field suffering from a severe employment gap, your enterprise may not find the talent it needs for IAM maintenance. Small to medium-sized businesses will especially appreciate this option. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your enterprise needs the right talent for its IAM solution. If you don\u2019t have it, you need to find it by any means necessary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Other Resources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/current-state-biometric-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Current State of Biometric Authentication in IAM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/4-questions-ask-selecting-biometrics-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top 4 Questions to Ask Before Selecting A Biometric Authentication Solution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/top-4-authentication-findings-ibms-future-identity-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top 4 Authentication Findings from IBM\u2019s Future of Identity Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/survey-reveals-public-identity-management-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Survey Reveals Public Opinion on Biometrics and Passwords<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/deploy-a-biometric-authentication-solution\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to Deploy a Biometric Authentication Solution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/the-32-best-identity-and-access-management-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 32 Best Identity and Access Management Platforms for 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/iam-solves-onboarding-offboarding-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How IAM Solves Onboarding and Offboarding Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/iam-vs-ciam-whats-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAM vs CIAM: What\u2019s the Difference?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/current-state-biometric-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Current State of Biometric Authentication in IAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining an identity and access management (IAM) solution is essential to any enterprise taking its cybersecurity seriously. 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