Last year, the Jericho Forum message was that IAM should be separated. That is not to say that IAM isn’t a factor within security. As someone said to me on Twitter: “Surely IAM is an integral part of information security.”

This year’s IAM summit did go some way to addressing the security element in IAM. In his opening keynote, Gartner’s Ant Allan said IAM can deliver business value, and giving people the right access at the right time can help them achieve outcomes.

“What is it we are managing, who is accessing what? Who is looking at what people are doing with their entitlements? You need processes, organisation and the right technologies to put IAM in place and lead you into a productive environment. Getting it right is key to effective execution of IAM,” he said. Read more here…