This brief highlights the main trends that Datamonitor anticipates in the Identity & Access management market in 2008.

Scope

Provides an overview of the principal challenges facing ID&AM vendors in 2008. Outlines Datamonitor's take on the future of ID&AM both from a technology and business perspective. Discusses strategies that could help ID&AM vendors and their clients to position themselves to benefit from these trends.

Highlights

The pressure to provide better auditing and governance capabilities within IT will lead to an increase in the level of integration between ID&AM and IT compliance, IT governance and security management solutions. Dynamic role management and access control is needed to deal with employee access seamlessly and automate provisioning processes. These requirements are not new, but 2008 will be the year when this technology will mature and grow. ID&AM and IRM fit together nicely; access enforcement can be performed on the application and individual file level while the ID credentials and access policy are controlled by the ID&AM solution. This technology may not become mainstream in 2008, but will certainly come to the forefront of IT security.

Reasons to Purchase

Learn about the major trends affecting the ID&AM space over the course of 2008. Understand the challenges that ID&AM vendors and their clients will face in 2008. Identify potential strategies that could allow stakeholders in the market to minimize risk and maximize rewards through 2008.