{"id":4295,"date":"2019-03-07T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2019-03-07T10:46:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T14:46:40","slug":"how-to-ensure-ma-success-with-identity-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/how-to-ensure-ma-success-with-identity-management\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Ensure M&amp;A Success With Identity Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2328\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod.jpg\" alt=\"How to Ensure M&amp;A Success With Identity Management\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/02\/partnership-mod-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, identity and access management solution provider <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.identityautomation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity Automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> released a new ebook: \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.identityautomation.com\/it-success-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-starts-with-iam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT Success in M&amp;A Starts with IAM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d <\/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\/get-a-free-privilieged-access-management-solutions-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2020\/01\/PAM_BG_SB_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Privileged Access Management Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An ebook on Merger and Acquisition (M&amp;A) success and its relationship with successful IAM takes especial relevance in the wake of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/4-security-expert-perspectives-marriott-breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marriott breach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Cybersecurity experts believe the Marriott breach, which exposed millions of users\u2019 personal identifying information, stemmed from a failure to detect an issue in their Starwood properties\u2019 database during their acquisition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proper identity security success during the IT integration process could have fully ensured M&amp;A success for Marriott; instead, Marriott executives must now appear before a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/03\/07\/senators-will-grill-equifax-marriott-executives-on-data-breaches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Senate committee hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the breach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t let your business become a similarly grim headline. Here\u2019s some of what we learned from the Identity Automation ebook \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.identityautomation.com\/it-success-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-starts-with-iam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT Success in M&amp;A Starts with IAM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>M&amp;A Success is More Precarious Than You Think<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity Automation cites a chilling statistic in their ebook; namely, 70% to 90% of all acquisitions utterly fail to meet expectations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This finding should serve as the foundation for your IT integration efforts during the acquisition and merger process. M&amp;A success is far from a guarantee. Failing to properly integrate your new properties\u2019 IT environments and systems seriously increases the chances of a failure, which wastes the time and resources you invested in the M&amp;A. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the consequences may not prove as devastating as they did for Marriott, the potential issues could still cut into your bottom line. These include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT system integration clashes. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lengthy onboarding processes. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unexpected downtime. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overrun of costs. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Security vulnerabilities, either created or inherited. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managing identities across multiple domains. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Negatively impacted customer experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This list only scratches the surface of the obstacles between your business and M&amp;A success. Fortunately, identity and access management can help you bridge that gap. Here\u2019s one example of how:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Customer Satisfaction and IAM <\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Identity Automation puts it, \u201ccustomers are the most valuable asset in an M&amp;A deal.\u201d However, a merger can also seriously disrupt the customer experience. Unexpected downtime can cause customer abandonment. So can integration issues making the digital platform incomprehensible to the user. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To ensure M&amp;A success, your enterprise must integrate its customer-facing technologies. Not only does this ensure customers can use your system, but it also allows your customer-facing employees to perform their roles optimally; if they struggle to navigate the platform, how can they help your customers? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity Automation notes a significant Gallup poll: only 29% of B2B customers feel fully engaged with businesses. Low-level service, poor response times, and disruptions can give customers the incentive they need to leave. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity and access management helps integrate merged technologies in a deliberate and coordinated manner. This minimizes or prevents disruptions in the customer experience; IAM can also keep customer portals functional throughout the integration process, preventing delays. Further, IAM helps provide full visibility into the acquired systems, an essential capability to fully bringing them into the fold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, M&amp;A success is entirely in your hands, but an IAM solution can help. You can check out the full \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.identityautomation.com\/it-success-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-starts-with-iam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT Success in M&amp;A Starts with IAM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d ebook by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.identityautomation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identity Automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, identity and access management solution provider Identity Automation released a new ebook: \u201cIT Success in M&amp;A Starts with IAM.\u201d An ebook on Merger and Acquisition (M&amp;A) success and its relationship with successful IAM takes especial relevance in the wake of the Marriott breach. Cybersecurity experts believe the Marriott breach, which exposed millions of users\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[142,153,16,76,468,1086,1087,127],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Ensure M&amp;A Success With Identity Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How can identity and access management help ensure M&amp;A success? 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