Article: Changing business landscape makes IAM key to IT Security

Here is a recent, interesting article, called “Changing business landscape makes identity and access management key to IT security”:

“In an age of significant layoffs and corporate restructuring, the burgeoning problem of identity and access management for IT operations and data centers has escalated into a critical security issue. Managing who gets access to which resources for how long — and under what circumstances — has become a huge and thorny problem. Improper and overextended access to sensitive data and powerful applications can cause massive risk as many employees find themselves in flux.”

This article provides some excerpts from a discussion with Dan Rueckert (worldwide practice director for security and risk management in HP’s Consulting and Integration group); Archie Reed (distinguished technologist in HP’s security office in the Enterprise Storage and Server Group), and Mark Tice (vice president of identity management at Oracle).