Role-based Identity Management Best Practices
This is a white paper that I put together a few years ago for a large financial organization that was struggling with how to approach RBAC or role-based identity management without having the new AI and machine learning capabilities with some of the new IGA solutions such as SailPoint IdentityAI. Introduction Role-Based Identity Management and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) has long been the nirvana of Identity & Access Management programs since the concept of distributed systems was introduced. The idea of aligning access needs to the business functions that users fulfill and streamline provisioning of that access has proved to be a constant challenge in terms of both IT operational efficiency as well as Compliance, Risk and Security needs. This paper aims to address the challenges for effectively managing role-based access and identify best practices to help organizations achieve better IT efficiency, reduce risk and increase security for their users, data and applications. Rol...