http://blogs.gartner.com/earl-perkins/2009/06/30/your-own-role-in-identity-access-management/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:28:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.gartner.com/earl-perkins/2009/06/30/your-own-role-in-identity-access-management/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Robert Craig Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:27:23 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/earl-perkins/?p=11#comment-5 Earl, You're absolutely correct that consensus is essential when it comes to making the most of IAM deployments. We have long felt that for an IAM initiative, like any other strategic initiative, to be successful, due consideration must be given to the intricacies of dealing with the social and political environment. You can have the best technology available, but if you don’t have the right people tasked with oversight, and decision makers and users can’t work together, it won’t be nearly as effective. Having said that, I don’t think there’s any argument that, in today’s legal and regulatory environment, large organizations with thousands of employees must have advanced IAM technology and strategies in place in order to keep up with the flood of daily access changes. Earl,
You’re absolutely correct that consensus is essential when it comes to making the most of IAM deployments. We have long felt that for an IAM initiative, like any other strategic initiative, to be successful, due consideration must be given to the intricacies of dealing with the social and political environment. You can have the best technology available, but if you don’t have the right people tasked with oversight, and decision makers and users can’t work together, it won’t be nearly as effective. Having said that, I don’t think there’s any argument that, in today’s legal and regulatory environment, large organizations with thousands of employees must have advanced IAM technology and strategies in place in order to keep up with the flood of daily access changes.

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