What is CIAM?

According to Gartner, “Key CIAM features include self-service for registration, password and consent management, profile generation and management, authentication and authorization into applications, identity repositories, reporting and analytics, APIs and SDKs for mobile applications, and social identity registration and login.”

The technology is designed to accommodate public-facing systems. Yet it’s more than a basic authentication tool. What makes CIAM so powerful is that it integrates with other enterprise applications, including ERP, CRM, marketing platforms, e-commerce sites and content management systems (CMS).

Read more at – InformationWeek: What is Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)?