IAM Best Practices: Involve HR, Use Single Sign-on

By Phillip Britt  |  Posted December 05, 2014
 
The complexities of identity and access management (IAM) continue to mushroom. While there is no simple solution to the problem, a panel of corporate tech experts discussed some of the challenges, best practicand their outlook for the future at the recent SC Congressevent in Chicago.
Cargill, with more than 140,000 knowledge workers, production employees and other employees at 60 companies around the globe, and several thousand internal applications, has suffered from what Jim O’Conner, the conglomerate’s chief information security officer, terms "identity sprawl."
The evolution of the business, including use of the cloud, the expansion of delivery and the addition of mobile apps and devices, means an increasing need for a way to effectively manage global access and identity, said Paul Munsen, the company’s global identity and access management platform lead.
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