Today’s information technology (IT) environment is constantly changing, bringing new opportunities along with new risks. Agencies across the federal government are challenged to keep pace with technological advances, speed up digital transformation, and increasingly adopt cloud services and mobile apps. With digital engagements and transactions on the rise, securing access to sensitive and classified data becomes even more critical to minimize insider threats, strengthen an agency’s cyber posture, and deliver government services.
To ensure a secure enterprise, federal and defense leaders must maintain a deep understanding of who has--and who should have--access to data and how this access is reviewed. Establishing a strong Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) strategy is integral.
Identity governance and data access management provides agencies the ability to better oversee the full lifecycle of a digital identity, adopt sound processes for access control, empower an organization’s workforce, enhance the detection of vulnerabilities, and ultimately fuel IT modernization.
On December 4, SailPoint brought together key industry, government, and defense leaders to explore the state and future of identity management and how it can change agency’s cybersecurity framework. This event provided a holistic view of the capabilities, pending needs, current trends, and the future of the federal government’s approach to identity management.
We explored:
- Modernization through identity and access management (IAM)
- AI-driven threat prevention
- Simplification of regulatory compliance requirements through automation
- Leveraging identity governance to support zero trust
- Getting to the desired state of IAM with CDM