Identity Management
Manage user identities and access rights throughout their entire lifecycle
Modern identity management (IdM) and identity governance (IGA) ensure that the right people have the right access to the right systems at the right time. Centralized identity and access management automates the user lifecycle, streamlines administrative processes, reduces security risks, and supports compliance across the organization.
In a dynamic organization, resources and task responsibilities change frequently, making it laborious to keep identities and access rights up to date without an identity management solution. Artificial intelligence provides tools that can automate many work stages as well as administration and monitoring.
Trustworthy identity and correct access rights are the foundation of strong data security
Identities are entities, such as people, devices, and software, that are granted access rights to an organization’s various information systems, data, or facilities. An identity is granted authorizations based on, for example, role, task, position, location, time, or momentary need. From a data security and privacy perspective, it is increasingly important that only known and trusted users have access to information, and only to the information they need.
Efficient management of identity lifecycles and access rights increases usability and improves data security
An IdM/IGA solution (Identity Management, Identity Governance) ensures that
- new users have the authorizations they need immediately available
- access rights correspond to the needs required by the tasks
- a user can operate in multiple roles simultaneously, and when roles change, access rights change automatically
- approval workflows for access rights are established
- approvals are documented and traceable
- dangerous combinations of authorizations are not in use
- authorizations are automatically removed from those who have left the organization
- information required for audits is available
- visibility into access rights improves
- the organization’s data security policy is implemented
Manage and monitor critical administrator accounts effectively
Cyberattacks often exploit stolen or poorly managed administrator privileges, which can be used to bypass security controls and gain access to critical systems. A PAM solution (Privileged Access Management) reduces this risk by monitoring both internal and external administrators and restricting the use of privileged access. The solution also supports the organization’s compliance and audit readiness.
External administrators, consultants, and service partners are not in the organization’s HR systems and are therefore not subject to normal identity management. Identity lifecycle and access rights management is facilitated by dedicated VPAM functionality (Vendor Privileged Access Management), where the responsibility for maintaining identities and access rights lies with the external party, which eases the organization’s administrative workload.
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AI assistance for access rights management automation
We are researching AI-powered automation of access rights management processes. Access rights management, or identity and access management, involves numerous processes that require manual work. These processes consume a lot of working time, delay the activation of user access rights, and can cause data security and privacy risks.
By leveraging artificial intelligence, it is possible to securely analyze, interpret, and execute identity lifecycle operations autonomously. The goal of the research project is to produce solutions that can significantly enhance various aspects of access rights management, such as provisioning, role optimization, anomaly detection, and replace manual processes so that the AI solutions created function as additional components in existing access rights management solutions.
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The benefits of identity management can be measured
The benefits of identity management (IdM/IGA) should be measured separately from the perspective of the end user, IT administration, and organizational administration/compliance functions.
From the users’ perspective:
- Up-to-date access rights
- Better user experience
- Fewer work interruptions
From the IT administration perspective:
- Less manual work
- More efficient user management
- Fewer errors
From the administration, data security, and compliance functions perspective:
- Better visibility
- Risk management
- Enhanced auditing
Open source technology-based IdM/IGA solution
An open source-based IdM/IGA solution offers a cost-effective, flexible, and vendor-independent way to manage identities and access rights. The solution can be developed according to the organization’s needs while maintaining transparency and high data security.
Key benefits of an open source solution include:
- Better cost efficiency – no licensing costs, allowing investments to be directed to services important to the business
- Avoid vendor lock-in – the solution does not bind the organization to a single software vendor and enables independent development
- Flexible customization – the solution can be adapted to the organization’s processes and integration needs without restrictions imposed by the vendor
- Transparency and auditability – the source code is available for review, which supports security assessment and compliance
The solutions have been particularly popular with municipalities, cities, and educational institutions, but are also generally used by public administration and businesses.
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