Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for Product Managers:
All my conversations with tech teams these days are centered around provisioning, accessing, authenticating and authorizing.
Imagine a scenario where unauthorized players get to read enterprise data that is sensitive — doesn’t that sounds like hacking[spamming, sniffing Malware phishing etc] and is indeed scary.
IDaaS is a cloud-based service model that enables enterprises to securely manage Access, Authentication and Authorization to their users, applications and devices.
IDaaS offers a multitude of services :
1. Single Sign-on [SSO]: Allows users to access multiple applications/services with the same set of credentials
2. Multi-Factor Authentication: An added layer where users must run through 2 or more identity checks for enhanced security
3. User Provisioning and de-provisioning: Roles allocation is critical in an org and must map properly as and when users change their persona. This module helps seamlessly handle such scenarios
4. Identity & Access Governance
5. Customer identity and access management (CIAM): Specific user scenarios for customer-facing apps and services
6. Reporting & Analytics
Latest Trends:
1. Passwordless authentication: Think of biometrics, Facial recognition, Fingerprint scanning etc
2. Zero Trust Security: No compromise at all, every touch point in the journey needs authentication and authorization
3. Integration with Cloud Services: As Cloud services grow IDaaS providers are offering seamless integrations with offering like AWS, Azure and GCP
4. Continuous adaptive authentication: Using AI to detect frauds and security threats
5. Privacy and Data Protection: With GDPR, CCPA and other regulations — IDaaS is also going mainstream with technologies like differential privacy i.e. data analysis while preserving individual privacy
WIN-WIN on both sides:
1. This assists the users to access multiple applications and systems with a single set of login credentials.
2. While administrators can manage access control to those applications and systems from a centralized location.
But that’s not all!
IDaaS also improves security and compliance by providing strong authentication and access control mechanisms. And since it’s a cloud-based service, one can quickly deploy and scale one’s identity and access management (IAM) solutions without having to worry about maintaining on-premises infrastructure/ Requiring a special workforce.
Some of the leading IDaaS providers include :
1. Okta
2. Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AAD)
3. Ping Identity
4. OneLogin
5. Auth0
6. Ubisecure
to mention a few
Are you IDaaS enabled — If Yes do let us know your partner and cheer for them.
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