By Leo Gladys
Access control relates to security technique that is used to regulate or view the usage of resources in a computing environment. With the increase in technological advancement there is a need for secure access management.
Why secure access management?Â
- The increasing risks due to inefficient access control results in disconnected processes for identity and this may result in security risks.
- The process is time consuming and expensive. If the processes across the organization are not integrated, user rights and user management changes may be costly and inefficient, besides the costs of help desks may arise. Thus there is a need for secure access management.
- Employee productivity will have an impact due to access issues. If employees are unable to access applications and data, they are unable to do their work.
Organizations require an all-inclusive identity and access management to safeguard from improper use their valuable IT assets. Businesses are now looking for solutions such that it allows official users to access data and applications, while protecting these assets also from unauthorized access. Â It seems to be simple, but the solution requires implementing secure access management without hindering the productivity and at the same time is able to balance security risks with management and acquisition cost.
How it helps
The secure access management protects the assets and also promotes the productivity of businesses. It enables the companies to address the security needs of their enterprise and also to boost the user experience. In this process the costs are reduced, while there is supporting compliance and increasing efficiencies.
The secure access management offers authorized users to access the applications, systems and protects data against unauthorized access. Thus, they enhance the user experience and help in improving trust in human identity. Managing the rights and user identities is critical, both in logic and physical worlds.
