{"id":985,"date":"2017-02-10T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=985"},"modified":"2017-02-10T11:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T15:30:24","slug":"questions-for-iam-vendors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions You Need To Ask IAM Providers Before Choosing a Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-883 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL-300x248.png\" alt=\"IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL-327x270.png 327w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL-98x81.png 98w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL-218x180.png 218w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/01\/IAM_Buyers_Guide_No_DL.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following is an excerpt from Solutions Review\u2019s 2016 Identity Management Solutions Buyer\u2019s Guide, to view the whole report, download if for free <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/get-a-free-identity-and-access-management-software-solutions-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Can you describe your solution\u2019s ability to support the following authentication methods Password, soft-token, hard-token, biometric, phone-as-token? Are any additional methods supported?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We\u2019ve included 28 solutions in this Buyer\u2019s Guide, and each one brings a different, strongly-held view of the best way to deliver IAM. Make your prospective vendor take a stand and expand on their model while defending that position against other options. Ask your prospective vendor about their ability to support password, soft-token, hard-token, biometric, and out-of-band mobile device authentication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How does your Identity Management Solution enable or improve web-based Single Sign-On?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The benefits of single sign-on (SSO) are compelling; reduced password fatigue from different user-name and password combinations, reduced time spent re-entering passwords for the same identity, and reduced IT costs due to less IT help desk calls about passwords. Ask prospective vendors about their relationship to SSO, the applications they support, and their plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Explain how Identity Federation does or does not fit into your proposed solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As stated above, the need for partners or contractors to securely access internal business applications is becoming a daily reality for many enterprises. Plus, the need to provide employees with access to external providers systems, such as outsourced human resources applications, has created a genuine demand for Federated Identity Management.\u00a0 If not an immediate requirement, FIM is certainly something to consider as your grow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How do you manage access from mobile devices? What operating systems do you support?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you\u2019re committed to providing employees, vendors, and consumer\u2019s access to systems from anywhere, at any time, then you need to understand what a prospective solution provider can support with regard to mobile devices. And, if your organization has made a commitment to a BYOD policy, then you\u2019ll need to understand whether an IAM solution can support not only iOS, but Android, Windows, and Blackberry as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How is your solution priced?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At some point, you\u2019ve got to get to the bottom line. This can be tough as IAM solutions often have very complex pricing structures, so be persistent. There\u2019s a wide range of sophistication in the solutions we\u2019ve selected, and as such, there\u2019s also a wide variety of pricing models. Some will include line items for various options and others will charge a simple per-user fee. In order to get an apples-to-apples comparison and build a cost model that you can plan around, you\u2019ll need to have put each solution into a sort of \u201cper-user-per-month\u201d cost model. So get all the line-by-line costs and divide by the number of users, then add that to the per-user fees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Check out 5 more questions you need to ask yourself before choosing an IAM Solution, as well as a full market overview of the top 28 IAM vendors, their capabilities, and best use cases, and a full-length glossary of terms in Solutions Review\u2019s 2016 IAM Buyer\u2019s Guide, available as a <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/get-a-free-identity-and-access-management-software-solutions-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">complimentary download here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt from Solutions Review\u2019s 2016 Identity Management Solutions Buyer\u2019s Guide, to view the whole report, download if for free here. Can you describe your solution\u2019s ability to support the following authentication methods Password, soft-token, hard-token, biometric, phone-as-token? Are any additional methods supported?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ve included 28 solutions in this Buyer\u2019s Guide, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[235,18,233,127,234],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Questions You Need To Ask IAM Providers Before Choosing a Solution - Identity and Access Management Solutions | Solutions Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff Edwards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/\",\"name\":\"5 Questions You Need To Ask IAM Providers Before Choosing a Solution - Identity and Access Management Solutions | Solutions Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/02\/cloudglossary.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-10T14:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-10T15:30:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#\/schema\/person\/3d31b4b6a777a91476a65c087be260e6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/02\/cloudglossary.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/02\/cloudglossary.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/questions-for-iam-vendors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Questions You Need To Ask IAM Providers Before Choosing a Solution\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/\",\"name\":\"Identity and Access Management Solutions | Solutions Review\",\"description\":\"Evaluating Enterprise IAM Software, Identity Governance &amp; Access Control Tools.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#\/schema\/person\/3d31b4b6a777a91476a65c087be260e6\",\"name\":\"Jeff Edwards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8471d2b63e0587b41d829ecc153ba8e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8471d2b63e0587b41d829ecc153ba8e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeff Edwards\"},\"description\":\"Jeff Edwards is an enterprise technology writer and analyst covering Identity Management, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, and Cybersecurity writ large. 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