Biometrics is the sexy side of identity management, but not the most effective: Kevin Cunningham, Sailpoint

Kevin Cunningham, president and founder of identity and access management (IAM) leader Sailpoint, tells why IAM has become an integral part of an organisation’s security strategy.

When people think of identity and access management, they think of things like biometrics and iris scanners. Surely there’s more to it than that?
Biometrics is the sexy end of security identity management, because authentication is very visible. Biometrics and iris scanners are how you log into an application. But that is just the entry point into a system or network – what happens after that is the decision point on what you can do once you’re inside the door.

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