What are Identity Governance and Administration Tools and Solutions? Identity governance and administration (IGA) tools promote cybersecurity and risk oversight, orchestrate identity management and access control, and help enforce IAM (Identity Access Management) policies. These tools support a zero trust security framework, providing access to explicitly defined resources (systems, networks, devices, applications, and data) for authenticated and authorized users. Identity governance tools ...
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Identity governance and administration (IGA) tools promote cybersecurity and risk oversight, orchestrate identity management and access control, and help enforce IAM (Identity Access Management) policies. These tools support a zero trust security framework, providing access to explicitly defined resources (systems, networks, devices, applications, and data) for authenticated and authorized users.
Identity governance tools manage roles, monitor and log activity, create alerts for unauthorized access attempts, analyze risk, produce reports, and support compliance with consumer and data protection regulations. Identify administration tools focus on account and credential administration, entitlement management, user and resource provisioning.
IGA tools provide lifecycle management for employees, contractors, partners, IoT devices, and bots, adding new entities, updating access privileges based on changing roles, and terminating access upon severance.
AI and machine learning automate password management and provisioning. Users can request access to resources within the tools, bypassing the need for manual authorization. Based on a user’s previous activity these tools approve or deny permissions.
These tools are used by security administrators and compliance officers and support cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures.
Identity governance and administration tools have many of the following features.
Consider the following when purchasing identity governance and administration solutions.
Complexity and Integrations: IGA tools are complex and should be reviewed to determine how well they align with your security policies, operations, and existing security infrastructure.
If your organization has any of the following tools installed; Identity Management Solutions, Password Manager Software, Privileged Access Management Solutions, Single Sign-On Solutions, or Zero Trust Security Solutions, evaluate how the addition of IGA tools will best complement and enhance your security infrastructure.
Use Case: Any business or organization will benefit from the enhanced and more efficient security IGA tools provide, especially ones that are subject to regulatory compliance. Some tools focus on specific industries such as health care with its extensive data protection and privacy requirements, and financial services that manage sensitive financial information.
Cloud-based Tools: IGA tools implemented using the cloud are available sooner and implemented more rapidly compared to on-premises tools. Organizations that have a robust IT infrastructure and wish to maintain complete control over their operational environments such as banking and financial service companies may find an on-premises solution to be more appropriate.
Most identity governance and administration tools require obtaining a vendor quote for pricing. Pricing that is available ranges from $2 to $6 a month, per user.
