The Components of IAM

This is Part 3 of our ‘What is IAM’ blog series. Written by Paul Mezzera, Ravi Erukulla, and Ramesh Gupta of the CSA IAM Working Group. As alluded to previously, IAM is a set of tools that implement a number of use cases. If broken down into access management and identity administration (and governance), there are several subcomponents that are important to understand. Access ManagementAccess management (AM) is known as the 'runtime' or 'time of access' component of IAM, where …

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