The Benefits of a One-Stop Shop for a Modern, Unified, and Agile IAM Approach

Today's organizations are deeply entrenched in the Digital Age, where digital interactions have become the core of operations. The fusion of devices and connected things with digital identities has revolutionized the sectors from government and military to finance and retail. It's essential for organizations to embark on an ongoing digital journey, leveraging Digital Experience and secure digital services. Central to this are digital identities for humans, devices, services, and bots. Managing these identities and access requires a modern Identity and Access Management (IAM) system that is agile and scalable. Identity as-a-Service (IDaaS) helps by creating adaptable Target Operating Models (TOMs) distributed between Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and tenant organizations.

IAM systems now cover more than just workforce management; they are integral to cybersecurity and compliance, enforcing the least privilege principle, and aiding in rapid value delivery for digital services. An effective IAM enables smooth and secure user journeys, essential for maintaining digital reputation. Modern IAM must support service delivery models, flexible TOMs, comprehensive APIs, microservices architecture, and high automation. Sector-specific needs vary, from strong OT capabilities in manufacturing to high security for healthcare and financial services. Atos Evidian offers a robust IAM as-a-service, supported by extensive consulting and integration capabilities, designed to cater to these diverse needs.

Ten essential steps for modernizing IAM include broad scoping, thorough requirements gathering, establishing clear organizational structures, effective stakeholder management, robust program management, visionary architecture planning, flexible TOMs, KPI and KRI definition, comprehensive processes and policies, and effective delivery. Such modernization efforts are essential for aligning IAM with the broader digital transformation of organizations.

• The shift from traditional IAM to modern IAM involves expansive scope and new delivery models.
• A modern IAM integrates with various services through APIs and offers a high degree of automation.
• Atos Evidian provides IAM solutions that can be tailored to diverse sectors like healthcare, finance, and government.
• Effective IAM is foundational for zero trust security approaches and compliance with standards like ISO 27001 and GDPR.
• Traditional IAM can be cumbersome, often lacking in customization, features, deployment options, and modern UX.
• In finance, IAM must balance digital innovation with legacy system management under strict regulatory environments.
• IAM must now include the management of non-human identities such as devices and services, essential for sectors like manufacturing.
• Atos Evidian's IDaaS focuses initially on access management but is expanding into broader IAM capabilities.
• Government IAM needs high security, local deployments, and efficient citizen onboarding.
• AI and machine learning augment modern IAM, enabling shifts from manual to automated processes.

• "Modern IAM runs in IDaaS deployments and supports flexible TOMs (Target Operating Models)."
• "A modern IAM is the foundation for constructing modern customer journeys."
• "Every industry, every sector needs a strong IAM solution in the Digital Age."
• "All IAM capabilities must be exposed via a consistent API layer, for flexible customization, extension, and orchestration."
• "Scoping: the scope of IAM is changing, beyond the workforce."
• "The digital journey organizations are embarking on is about changing business models, creating new products and shifting to a service-focused, recurring revenue."
• "Atos Evidian has the capacity to deliver the service fully within the EU, serving the specific needs of many European customers."
• "Effective IAM must support modern technical architectures, API-first approaches, and flexible service delivery models."
• "Moving to a modern IAM is not just a simple project, it is a journey, in the context of the broader digital journey of the organization."
• "With today's shift to subscription models for software-as-a-Service (SaaS), companies can reduce the time to value and lower cost."