Identity and Access Management is an essential activity for the modern enterprise. Unauthorized access to corporate data can have huge financial implications. However, most organizations maintain multiple directories and multiple access systems, which complicate administration and may compromise security.

The Essentials Series: Enterprise Identity and Access Management starts by looking at identity and how you prove who you are. Once authenticated, you can be authorized to access the corporate data. There are a number of administration challenges in this field especially when multiple identity and access management systems are in use. The series premise is that consolidation on to a single system - namely Active Directory - can resolve these issues and provide a simplified system that is less expensive and more secure. The series closes with a look at the compliance issues surrounding Identity and Access Management and how these issues can be addressed by standardizing and consolidating on to Active Directory.