From the nuts and bolts IT perspective, identity management has been heavily focused on getting the job of assigning privileges, authentication and access controls efficiently, and simplifying user access across multiple and disparate systems and applications. In large organizations, managing provisioning and de-provisioning, single sign-on, etc. easier, cheaper and, as a side benefit, more secure, as enterprises try to eliminate “ghost” accounts of terminated employees and reduce the security risks and support headaches of multiple passwords. Access governance, on the other hand, approaches identity management from a business perspective. That’s where products such as NetIQ’s Access Governance Solution (AGS) and others come in. Read more
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