1 Introduction
Identity and Access Management (IAM) has significantly evolved over the past several years. Aside from traditional IAM that is targeted on many users and their access, Identity Security as the intersection of IAM and cybersecurity, and Digital Identities as the field that focuses on providing the digital identity services required by today’s digital business, have developed.
Innovation is happening at a fast pace, specifically around digital identities and around identity security. Orchestration, AI (Artificial Intelligence), decentralized identities (DCI), and modern approaches for policy-based just-in-time access instead of complex-to-manage standing privileges are enabling the creation of new types of digital services that are reducing user friction and improving security. Advancing the IAM infrastructure towards a modern, integrated Identity Fabric, organizations can serve the need for managing users and their access, improving the cybersecurity posture, and delivering new and powerful identity services to the business.
Identity Management is no longer just an IT discipline. Digital identities are the enabler for the digital business, while Identity Security supports organizations in strengthening their cybersecurity posture.
These innovation areas allow businesses to weave reusable digital identities neatly into their digital services, based on standards and flexible orchestration. This results in better, more competitive digital services, but also has a very significant potential for reducing process friction and process cost.
Organizations are well-advised to carefully monitor and analyze the innovations and ongoing changes in the broader field of Identity Management for leveraging their potential for IT and the digital business. This is not only about technical change and innovation, but also about adapting the organization according to the evolving areas of Identity Management.
Ping Identity, with their converged portfolio of digital identity and IAM solutions after the merger with ForgeRock, delivers a strong foundation for modernizing Identity Management across all pillars.
