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10 identity and access

management tools to protect


networks

IAM tools keep enterprises safe by ensuring only authorized users can
access sensitive data and applications. Read this in-depth product
overview of top tools on the market

Modern identity and access management tools help IT security professionals


centrally manage access to all applications and files for employees,
customers, partners and other authorized groups. This IAM-provided
management is scalable across the entire corporate infrastructure, including
the corporate LAN, wireless LAN, WAN, and even into public and private
clouds and edge computing points of presence. In many cases, IAM is a must-
have for resources that fall under regulatory compliance rules.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, IAM tools proved invaluable as


employees operated either in a permanent work-from-home or hybrid work
environment. The significant increase in remote workers combined with a lack
of security visibility into end users and devices forced IT departments to
heavily rely on the security features within IAM platforms to reduce the risk of
data loss across applications.

The two most basic IAM processes required to secure access to digital assets
are the following:

1. Identify who it is that is trying to access resources by using authentication.


2. Verify that identified users indeed should be authorized to reach the
resource they are attempting to access.

At its core, this is the purpose of identity and access management. These
platforms create a secure way to identify people or devices and then provide
them with the appropriate access to digital resources.

The features and benefits of IAM don't end at identification and access
control. Here is a list and brief description of common features found within
IAM platforms today:

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