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IAM Introduction
IAM Introduction
(IAM)
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a comprehensive
framework of policies, processes, technologies, and tools designed
to ensure the right individuals or entities are granted appropriate
access to resources and data within an organization's information
systems. IAM aims to facilitate secure and seamless interactions
between users, applications, and services while safeguarding
sensitive information from unauthorized access.
Importance of IAM in Modern Organizations
IAM plays a critical role in As organizations embrace IAM serves as the foundational
today's interconnected and digital transformation and layer of an organization's
data-driven world. adopt cloud-based services, cybersecurity strategy,
the need to protect sensitive ensuring the confidentiality,
data and resources from cyber integrity, and availability of
threats becomes paramount. critical assets.
Key Objectives of IAM
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Risk Mitigation: By
Regulatory Compliance: IAM
05 implementing strong
solutions assist organizations in 02 authentication and access
meeting various compliance
controls, IAM helps mitigate the
requirements, such as GDPR,
risk of identity theft, phishing
HIPAA, and PCI DSS, by
attacks, and insider threats.
enforcing data access controls
and maintaining audit trails.
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Introduction to Identity and Access Management
(IAM)
This presentation provides an overview of IAM and its components
IAM Components
Identification Authorization
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Authentication Accountability
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Identification