The plethora of critical applications in the enterprise combined with the need to comply with regulatory requirements and controls for access control, has increased the need for managing identity and access to enterprise resources in a secure environment. Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions help an organization to ensure that the right people access the right resources at the right time in an efficient way and prevent any manner of unauthorized access.

We at NII understand the criticality of identity and access management and its impact on the business, so our experts help you to select and deploy the right solution.

• User Provisioning
• Single Sign On
• Web Access Management
• Multi-Factor Authentication
• Identity Lifecycle Management

• Identification is the process of identifying the individual who claims to be i.e., the person who is identified by the unique identification code. IAM solutions provide web access management to identify the user or the individual by a unique identifier.
• Authentication is the process used to verify the identity of a person or entity. Some IAM solutions also provide Single Sign On process where users are required to authenticate once by entering their password and thereafter users are authorized to access multiple protected resources across domains
• Authorization is the process which permits a user to access a particular resource. It could provide access control on the basis of information or policies of the organization.
• Privacy is the process to identify whether the information about you or your organization is secured or not. IAM helps organization to implement policies and procedures for protecting information.

1. Identify Business Unit Champions
• Foundation of IAM Project
• Enterprise Applications or BU’s most likely to improve (SAP, Core Banking, etc.) through IAM
• Business owner who has fully bought into the project
2. Perform Vendor Analysis
• Vendor's Financial Stability
• Usability without Vendor Presence
• Revenue Growth
• Customer Base – Similar Size/Industry
• Strategic Partners
• Product Vision & Roadmap
3. Define project requirements
• Functional Requirements
• User administration
• Delegation of user administration
• Role-based access control
• User self-service
• Customization of user interface
• Non-Functional Requirements
• Non-Functional Requirements
• Scalability & Performance (# of users per server)
• Fault Tolerance
• Disaster Recovery – Geographically Diversified
4. Thorough Knowledge of Technical Features
• Architecture
• Does it fit with your architecture
• Is it cohesive or put together
• Ability to adapt and improve your business processes
• Integration with your technology – AS400, SAP, Core Banking Solution, Windows, Unix, etc.
• Password Management capabilities
• Policy Management – Canned policies, policy wizards
5. Bring business into the picture centrally
• Did it meet the business requirements
• Can you quantify the benefits from the solution
• Constantly communicate project expectations and benefits to business units
• Not just another vendor/solution