Aberdeen Group Research Report: Assuring User Identities Research Report
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Identity assurance is the set of capabilities and methodologies that minimize business risk associated with identity impersonation and inappropriate account use.
It is one core element of an Information Risk Management strategy.
Identity Assurance brings confidence to organizations by allowing trusted identities to freely and securely interact with systems and access information - opening the door for new ways to generate revenue, satisfy customers and control costs.
Identity Assurance has 4 capabilities:
- Credential Management - Provides full lifecycle management and policy administration for credentials used in the identity verification and assurance process.
- Authentication - Assures identities to a system, resource, information or a transaction based on risk.
- Contextual Authorization - Enforces access based on a specific risk and business context according to policy.
- Intelligence - Protects the integrity of the Identity Assurance solutions by monitoring credentials and activities to ensure that credentials are used by the appropriate party and for the desired purpose.
 Identity Assurance Required Capabilities |
The Business Imperative of Identity Assurance Include:
- Securely enable employee mobility and enhance productivity
- Secure Access across the enterprise
- Prevent Fraud
- Increased compliance demands
 Identity Assurance business drivers |
