Identity and Access Management

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has compiled resources to help you understand Identity and Access Management. Identity and Access Management involves the implementation of physical, technical and administrative controls that limit access to company resources to authorized persons. A challenge exists in terms of achieving easy access by authorized users while making resources inaccessible to unauthorized users.

Learn more about protecting your information assets through proper identity and acccess management controls.

Discussion Paper: Identity Management and Access Control

With the near ubiquity of computerized accounting systems, identity and access management (IAM) has become a critical entity-level control functioning both at the system and application levels. This article introduces the related concepts of Identity Management and Access Control and discusses why they are so crucial for CPAs to understand.

GTAG 9: Identity and Access Management

Posted with permission by The Institute of Internal Auditors, their guide, GTAG 9: Identity and Access Management (IAM) provides guidance to practitioners in their work of developing and implementing IAM strategy. Learn More>>

Relevant and Practical Application to Access & Identity Management

In our always-on environment, overlooking details related to how employees, customers and clients access your systems could spell the difference between success and disaster. How accessible are your systems and how easy is it to log on? Janis A. Wong explores these questions with thought-provoking action. Learn More>>

Digital Identity and Authentication Technologies

This article provides an overview of digital identity and authentication technologies used to verify a user's identity. Learn More>>