Many companies deploy a point-of-the-type identity management product that is difficult to integrate and customize, making complex situations even more complicated. And an excellent integrated identity management system helps enterprises reduce risks and adapt to new changes. Usually an excellent integrated identity management system has the following seven characteristics.
Role-based account configuration
User account configuration includes the following contents: user type; system, application, and other business resources used; level of enterprise resources used; creation, update, and deletion of user accounts. Effective user configuration can reduce security risks including weak passwords, and role-based account configuration can provide enterprises with the ability to centrally manage user identities.
Manage user identities
Employees, customers, suppliers, partners and other groups will have independent online "identities", and companies can manage them according to their roles.
Within the enterprise, user account configuration is deployed by IT departments and integrated with the human resources application system. Different user roles have predefined access rights. When an employee assumes a specific role, the employee's permission to access enterprise resources can be dynamically updated automatically based on pre-set access rights by the IT department.
Outside the enterprise, it becomes crucial once the company attracts a customer, supplier or partner to ensure that the user identity registration process is simple, smooth and secure, and that users believe that their information is kept safely and confidentially.
Directory Infrastructure
Identity management systems need to be built on a robust, scalable directory infrastructure. Directory infrastructure allows businesses to save employee information classification in an easily accessible hierarchical structure. Directory information can be synchronized, copied and linked in a distributed environment, providing search capabilities across regions.
User Authentication
Authentication methods for verifying user identity (such as biometrics, smart cards and digital certificates) are the basis of trusted transactions, allowing companies to verify information while ensuring trust communications between companies and users.
Single Sign-On and Secure Access
Single sign-on technology can simplify the access process to enterprise applications, reduce the cumbersomeness of remembering multiple passwords, and provide a unified interface to manage multiple systems, which helps IT departments reduce management overhead. Web-based enterprises provide different access points to enter the system, allowing users to enter the system through the Internet, external network and intranet to achieve secure access to different enterprise resources.
Self-registration and self-management
Self-registration and self-management of user identities are achieved by delegating management tasks to end users to reduce IT overhead and improve enterprise productivity. For example, a user can immediately execute secure transactions by submitting web-based forms and registering with a business on their own (with little or no human intervention), which can greatly reduce the work pressure of system administrators.
Account mobility
User identities can move with the user's movement, and at the same time, the user's access level will not be reduced due to mobility, which requires the identity management infrastructure to have sufficient flexibility to accommodate this mobility. In addition, the identity management infrastructure must be open and scalable to support future web services and integration with other businesses.
For enterprises, finding an identity management system that has the above seven characteristics and adapts to future needs will not only make identity management more effective, but will also help improve the operational efficiency of the enterprise. Article entry: csh Editor in charge: csh
Role-based account configuration
User account configuration includes the following contents: user type; system, application, and other business resources used; level of enterprise resources used; creation, update, and deletion of user accounts. Effective user configuration can reduce security risks including weak passwords, and role-based account configuration can provide enterprises with the ability to centrally manage user identities.
Manage user identities
Employees, customers, suppliers, partners and other groups will have independent online "identities", and companies can manage them according to their roles.
Within the enterprise, user account configuration is deployed by IT departments and integrated with the human resources application system. Different user roles have predefined access rights. When an employee assumes a specific role, the employee's permission to access enterprise resources can be dynamically updated automatically based on pre-set access rights by the IT department.
Outside the enterprise, it becomes crucial once the company attracts a customer, supplier or partner to ensure that the user identity registration process is simple, smooth and secure, and that users believe that their information is kept safely and confidentially.
Directory Infrastructure
Identity management systems need to be built on a robust, scalable directory infrastructure. Directory infrastructure allows businesses to save employee information classification in an easily accessible hierarchical structure. Directory information can be synchronized, copied and linked in a distributed environment, providing search capabilities across regions.
User Authentication
Authentication methods for verifying user identity (such as biometrics, smart cards and digital certificates) are the basis of trusted transactions, allowing companies to verify information while ensuring trust communications between companies and users.
Single Sign-On and Secure Access
Single sign-on technology can simplify the access process to enterprise applications, reduce the cumbersomeness of remembering multiple passwords, and provide a unified interface to manage multiple systems, which helps IT departments reduce management overhead. Web-based enterprises provide different access points to enter the system, allowing users to enter the system through the Internet, external network and intranet to achieve secure access to different enterprise resources.
Self-registration and self-management
Self-registration and self-management of user identities are achieved by delegating management tasks to end users to reduce IT overhead and improve enterprise productivity. For example, a user can immediately execute secure transactions by submitting web-based forms and registering with a business on their own (with little or no human intervention), which can greatly reduce the work pressure of system administrators.
Account mobility
User identities can move with the user's movement, and at the same time, the user's access level will not be reduced due to mobility, which requires the identity management infrastructure to have sufficient flexibility to accommodate this mobility. In addition, the identity management infrastructure must be open and scalable to support future web services and integration with other businesses.
For enterprises, finding an identity management system that has the above seven characteristics and adapts to future needs will not only make identity management more effective, but will also help improve the operational efficiency of the enterprise. Article entry: csh Editor in charge: csh