Ant Allan, research vice president at Gartner, shares his thoughts on future challenges and opportunities in the field of identity and access management (IAM):

Today is the start of our Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit, and one of the issues we are examining is the Nexus of Forces — social, mobile, cloud and information — which is bringing new challenges and opportunities for identity and access management (IAM). Chief information and security officers (CISOs) and IAM leaders must keep sight of the demands of day-to-day operations, governance, risk management and compliance, while extending their vision to include the Nexus and the delivery of meaningful, business-focused results.

The Nexus of Forces are already having a tactical impact on IAM. Businesses must manage identity in an increasingly hybrid world in which legacy on-premises IAM infrastructures are extended or replaced to support software as a service and mobile endpoints. Identities established on social media platforms are also being used for enterprise system access. Organisations that fail to get to grips with the challenges and opportunities of the Nexus risk falling behind.

Source Gartner