Attacks involving account takeover and credential theft make up a disproportionately large fraction of cyberattacks. Using a solid identity access management (IAM) solution, IT can reduce these risks. A business IAM system that safeguards credentials, controls access, and provides analytics insights into potential weaknesses helps prevent attacks. The figures are astounding when you consider the anticipated overall economic effect of the top IAM vendors. According to Forrester, the Auth0 IAM software may provide a staggering 548% ROI with benefits worth $11.7 million in less than six months. The solution from OneLogin achieves a 482% ROI in just two months. IAM investments must be a major priority for businesses going into 2021 in light of these figures.
The best IAM software systems currently on the market are included below, along with information on how they handle important security requirements including data security, credential management, analysis, and connectors.
- Auth0
A safe access control system for businesses (B2B, B2C, and employee identity access management), as well as support for developers and security experts.
Password-less login eliminates one of the most popular attack vectors: breached password detection and access limiting until the password is changed. analytics of user behavior, profile dashboards, and trends in authentication.
The Auth0 marketplace offers integrations with solutions for customer success, IT, social media, SMS, and identity verification. Single sign-on and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for safe data access; secure credential saving in the Auth0 database or internal company repositories
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory
The foundation for Office 365 applications is Microsoft’s cloud-based IAM service for businesses, Azure Active Directory.
Machine learning to identify compromised or stolen credentials and shady login attempts; authentication and conditional access controls to safeguard user credentials.
Security analysis using logs from Azure Monitor (logs for audit, sign-in trends, risky sign-ins, flagged users, and provisioning patterns). More than 3300 connectors for Azure Active Directory are available in the Azure marketplace. Workday, DocuSign, Jive, and other user applications can be integrated with Azure IAM for secure data access.
- CyberArk Idaptive
This IAM program offers access management to partners, contractors, and employees. Features request-based app access, Idaptive SSO to enforce stricter password restrictions, and browser extensions to detect new passwords. User behavior profiling and anomaly detection using machine learning; integration with third-party analytics tools like Splunk.
Pre-built interfaces with customer service, HR, ERP, IT, marketing, project management, social networking, and other programs are made possible through an app catalog. Protects user access to data across Mac and Windows endpoints, virtual desktops, and even servers with adaptive MFA.
Conclusion
The IAM vendors each have advantages and disadvantages. While some simply provide internal solutions, others also address consumer identities. While the majority include built-in analytics, a few require connections to external analytics dashboards. The hosting environment, however, must be one of the most crucial deciding elements when selecting an IAM solution. The above software platforms are cloud-hosted, whereas Okta and SecureAuth can be set up on-site. The choice you make will ultimately depend on your specific business and IT needs as well as the user base (internal or external, IoT device, etc.) you want to support.
