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	August 14, 2009 Best Practices: Identity Management In The Cloud by Andras Cser with Khalid Kark, Margaret Ryan	Average: 4  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

Many companies are struggling to adopt cloud-based identity and access management (hosted IAM) because they typically end up overscoping this initiative or have a difficult time getting funding for it in the current economic climate. Organizations that have successfully adopted hosted IAM look to improve the overall end-user experience and move IAM out of the back office to the user's desktop. They also pay special attention to integrating hosted IAM with the company's identity repositories — Active Directory (AD) or lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) — and proactively include hosted options in their IAM cost-benefit analysis.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Organizations Are Looking To Make IAM Projects More Efficient
• Embed End-User Benefits And Existing Infrastructure In An ROI Model
• Best Practice No. 1: Focus On The End-User Experience
• Best Practice No. 2: Integrate With Your Active Directory And LDAP
• Best Practice No. 3: Include Hosted IAM In Your Cost-Benefit Model
• Forrester's Hosted IAM Next Practices
• Identifying Your Challenges
• Case Studies
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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