Organisations that have not previously considered identity and access management (IAM) may have a head start over others, according to Tim Dunn, vice president security strategy Europe for CA Technologies.
Speaking at the Gartner IAM Summit 2011 in London yesterday, Dunn said: "Businesses that haven't concerned themselves with IAM before are in the best situation, they can implement a solution without worrying about integrating with a legacy system."
He also explained that the cloud is the best way to manage a new implementation.
"The cloud is an efficient way of setting up trust models and managing identity."
He added that IAM has grown organically as new technology has been adopted.
"This legacy problem is one we have created for ourselves," Dunn explained. "We have a myriad of systems and applications, developed initially with a mainframe architecture, then more distributed, and now in the cloud."
He argued that IAM solutions are largely fragmented and silo-based as a result of their organic growth and sporadic implementation.
Nishant Kaushik, chief strategist IAM for Oracle, said: "We need to get away from IAM existing to service specific applications. A radical and broader approach is needed but this will bring risk and disruption."
Dunn concluded that federated identity is the answer.
"We need to get into federated identity. The information needs to be managed centrally, and must be able to be accessed from anywhere."
Have your say on this article
Newsletters
Latest stories from Security Technology
Latest videos
You may also like
Security Technology jobs
Technology Patent Wars
Staff are increasingly using their personal devices for work. Productivity may increase as a result, but the trend brings with it security risks
Case studies from large organisations across all sectors
... And rich media, and flexible working, and peaks in traffic ...
Upcoming Events
Join us for this Computing web seminar, in which the Head of BI at the Co-operative Group Nick Colebourn will be explaining just how he reigned in the Group’s sprawling database estate and how significant savings were realised and data quality improved as a result.
Date: 31 May 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Live June 13th 11:00am: Register now. During this web seminar we will be looking at the sorts of incidents that can bring data centres grinding to a halt and what can be done about them.
Date: 13 Jun 2012
Time: 11:00 am
Receive the latest jobs direct to your inbox
Are you being paid what you are worth?
