Identity & Access Management

SECURITY FACTORY | PROTECT | IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT

Manage identities and access rights centrally

Digital identities and privileges are the central key to sensitive information. In today's hybrid work environments, they are the focus of attackers more than ever before. In most cases, a breached identity leads to attackers continuously extending their captured privileges to the highest level in order to manipulate or exfiltrate data. This is one of the reasons why auditors and regulators pay so much attention to Identity & Access Management and demand conclusive documentation.​

Identity and Access Management (IAM) provides companies with centralized management of identities and access rights to various systems and applications. The central function of Identity and Access Management is to automatically manage user accounts and access authorizations. To grant access rights, the system must authenticate and authorize users. During authentication, the user proves their identity to the system. This can be done by means of simple user name and password queries, a multi-factor procedure with security tokens or biometric features. Once the user's identity has been established beyond doubt, the next step is authorization. This determines which systems the user has access to.

Possehl Secure supports you in assessing your existing IT environment and the associated identity management requirements. This is a prerequisite for a customized concept and targeted implementation. We also advise you on suitable solutions and their implementation options in line with your requirements. If needed, we can then take over the architecture, the functional and technical conception as well as the technical implementation.

Alternatively, we can offer you a standard platform that we have developed based on the experience of our customer installations. This offers you a platform reduced to the most essential functions, which can be implemented very efficiently in terms of license costs, implementation costs and operating costs and can, of course, be individually extended at any time if required.

Identity and Access Management significantly increases the security level of your environment. Your employees only receive the authorizations they need and these can be checked, changed and removed at any time. In addition, standardized, traceable and auditable processes are introduced, a high degree of automation, clean documentation and therefore rapid implementation are guaranteed. Managers can check their area at any time, implement changes promptly and receive a central record of their employees' authorizations. This also enables an emergency shutdown in critical cases.

It also simplifies work for the IT department. Significant reductions in workload and a transfer of responsibility to the functional departments are therefore possible. Ultimately, automated identity management helps to comply with CIS controls (especially Control 5, 6 and 12) and other regulatory requirements (e.g. NIS2 and DORA).

With an Enterprise Single Sign On (ESSO) solution, you can increase password security in your company, as employees only need to remember one user name and one password. Your employees can work more productively thanks to a faster login process. At the same time, your helpdesk is supported because fewer password reset requests are received. For a higher level of security, this single login can also be combined with two-factor authentication.

For the introduction of a single sign-on solution, we recommend carrying out a proof of concept (PoC). A test environment is set up within two days and then test cases are carried out with various key users. We then support you with the rollout and operation of the solution.