Gartner : Says the Internet of Things Will Drive Device and User Relationship Requirements in 20 Percent of New IAM Implementations by 2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) will drive device and user relationship requirements in 20 percent of new identity and access management (IAM) implementations by year-end 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. The IoT has introduced new concepts for identity management, since every device interacting with users has an identity – and users and devices can have complex, yet defined, relationships.
“IAM, as defined today, will bifurcate, with identity management assuming a broader entity relationship management role and access management assuming a broader relationship execution role that replaces or supplements authentication policy and authorization enforcement,” said Earl Perkins, research vice president at Gartner. “Traditional authentication and authorization for user identities will continue to include devices and services, but will also incorporate expanded machine-to-machine (M2M) communications requirements into expanding digital business moments.