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Identity Access Management Components

One of the key areas identified in the security big picture (as you can see looking back at Figure 16.3) is identity management. It is key in the sense that well-managed identities are essential to well-managed security. There is a quite a bit to consider when talking about identities. Figure 16.4 shows a common “identity universe” for a company that has both internal- and external-facing applications. In other words, identities are both customers that interact with the business and internal identities such as employees and other workforce identities (contractors, temps, partners, and so on). Both sets of identities must be managed well, and often there are overlapping identities that require accesses (and ...