Week 06: Identity and Access Management

For this week’s Discussion, consider that you want senior management to support a new Access Management program at your organization. While this may involve technology-based solutions, your budget may be limited and it is therefore essential that senior management provide support and encourage efficient use of the resources that the organization already has.

• Why is access management critical to today’s enterprise?
• What benefits does an enterprise gain from proper access management?

For this week’s “In the News”, research an article that centers around how identities were compromised to provide access, or how an account that was otherwise authorized was then used for unauthorized purposes.