In its new report Gartner has listed the six major trends that will drive the evolution of corporate management of identity and access management (IAM) and privacy management in 2012.

Bob Blakley, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, said, “In 2012, businesses need to increase their focus on identity and privacy projects that can achieve quick time-to-value and deliver real value not just to IT, but also to the business. As organizational boundaries erode under the pressure of federation and outsourcing, and as organizations’ control over IT continues to weaken through increased adoption of mobile devices and cloud services, identity management is more important than ever — and more problematic. Read more here…