Considered by some to be the "holy grail" of Identity Management, According to Giga
Research (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Forrester Research), organizations
can save $70,000 per user for every 1,000 managed users just from improved IT
efficiency – other benefits include audit savings, reduced help desk costs, and
improvements in user data searching and updates as well as list management.
By deploying a user provisioning solution, organizations can automate a wide
range of manual tasks, including user account and data management, roles and
privileges definition and management, automatic account creation and
termination, password synchronization, and security policy enforcement. To
learn more about user provisioning, download
our latest whitepaper.
But user provisioning projects also present unique challenges, that if not
addressed can impact the business value to the organization. Some challenges
are:
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Managing protection of user data privacy and data audit, particularly in the
context of varying worldwide privacy regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley. If not
handled properly, the organization can be exposed to legal risk.
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Controlling project scope, including definition of functionality and the level
of customization. This is particularly challenging given the number of
cross-functional groups involved. Without proper prioritization, return on
investment (ROI) can be significantly impacted.
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Coordinating multiple data entry points of the same data. Many organizations
struggle with the question – which source is the authoritative source for data?
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Addressing integration challenges. The user provisioning server is really an
IT-specific sophisticated workflow engine incorporating multiple IT specific
functions and many integration points. The issues of data exchange timing,
duration, dependencies, status report and reverse synchronization are just as
critical as the actual data exchange itself.
Our team leverages years of experience to address these and other challenges,
delivering a user provisioning solutions that optimizes return on investment
(ROI). Read more about our recent customer
deployments.
Since 2001, IDFocus has been delivering complex user
provisioning solutions for Fortune 200 companies, supporting over 200,000 users
and passwords on three continents, and on multiple-target systems including:
SAP R3, SAP Portal, Sap HR, Oracle ERP, Oracle HR, Exchange, Active Directory,
Lotus Notes, RSA Secure ID, Site minder, Identity minder, eDirectory,
internally-designed applications, and more.
Our services address the entire
project lifecycle, starting with requirements analysis and product selection
through to development, deployment, and integration. We leverage our unique
IDMologyTM methodology for delivering Identity and Access
Management projects, lowering the project failure risk, delivering return on
investment (ROI)-oriented functionality, and shortening time from conception to
inception.
To learn more about user provisioning solutions, please
contact us.
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