In today's digital world, identities and our trust in them are at the core of everything we do. Gartner estimates that the role of digital identity is set to grow by 400 per cent by 2009, meaning that this is an issue that every organisation is facing.

As individuals, employees and as organisations, knowing with whom we are dealing, and being sure of their identity and their authority before we transact is fundamental to protecting our assets and integrity. Layer on this drivers such as efficiency, compliance and new business streams and we have the challenge which is identity and access management (IAM).

Many organisations are now recognising the need to properly control and prioritise identity at a level that cannot be achieved by traditional silo-based approaches. But are these organisations talking about the technology stack, best of breed solutions or a tactical and strategic approach?

Multi-Vendor Approach

Major vendors each have their own vision of a fully integrated approach to identity. But organisations tend to utilise just part of the stack on a tactical basis and as their IAM requirements grow, adopting a more strategic approach that brings together technologies from different vendors.

Identity Connects™ recognises this requirement and looks to maximise the benefits from this approach.

Ensuring Success

Identity Connects™ is an established approach to successfully delivering IAM projects and realising business benefits. It is a set of methodologies and workflows that enable organisations to leverage their existing investment in IAM technologies and incorporate new ones. It covers the key areas of:

• Defining roles
• Correlating identities
• Automated user and resource provisioning
• Controlling access to systems and services
• Enabling single sign-on within organisations and to external organisations such as partners and customers

Leading Technology

Partnering with leading technology manufacturers enables us to offer all the critical parts of the stack, including:

• Single sign-on
• Federated identity
• Identity and access management
• Virtual directory, identity correlation and synchronisation
• Identity lifecycle management
• Authentication

Our solutions deliver enhanced security, improved business agility and a compelling ROI.