Rough slides for SWOT analysis

1. SWOT ANALYSIS
Implementing a Identity and Access Management System
Strengths Weaknesses
S W
•Cost Benefits
•Easier compliance •High investment cost
•Built-in Forensic Tools •Misunderstandings
•Authentication and about IAM
Authorization
Opportunities Threats
O T
•Reduction of costs •No support from top
•Future of IAM executives
•Compliance with audits
•No support outside IT
•Incomplete solutions

2. SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
Current strengths of Goals and project
IAM plan: strengths
•Identity management processes
which become automated offer cost
benefits -Implement automated IAM
• Example: Password resets system to reduce risk and costs
cost time and resources at
help desk •Create a roadmap and vision
•Inbuilt forensic tools •Design architecture of system
• Need to find where issue and select components
originated during a breach
or leak, this is difficult with •Develop release schedule and
manual IAM system timeline
•Authorization and Authentication
• Prove that an individual
holds the identity that she/he
claims to hold.

3. SWOT ANALYSIS
Weaknesses
Current weaknesses However:
•"Almost 60% of respondents say their
High investment costs companies are unable to effectively
focus IAM controls on areas of greatest
• Many of these business risk"
systems do have a
high initial cost •"51% Take a reactive approach to
security issues"
•There are several myths
which surround IAM •"58% of companies studied still rely
systems on manual controls to audit and
control user access to critical
• “IAM systems can enterprise systems and data
do everything”, and resources, leaving networks open to
privacy breaches, failed audits, and
“IAM is a potential fraud or misuse of data“
technology only
solution” •http://www.informationweek.com/ne
ws/show/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=
197800526

4. SWOT ANALYSIS
Opportunities
Current opportunities
Goals and project plan:
•Reduction of costs over time Opportunities
• Maintaining current tools •Implementing a solid
for IM will increase in cost I&AM solution will reduce
over time risks and overall costs
• Implementing IAM system
will reduce costs over time •There are many resources
•The future of IAM and IAM solutions
• IAM tools will become available from a variety of
easier to companies which can
use, maintain, and usually be mixed and
programs will become matched and worked with
consolodated to find the perfect solution
•Compliance with audits will be for this company
much easier

5. SWOT ANALYSIS
Threats
Current threats Goals and project plan: threats
•No support from top executives
• Lack of support from top •Gain the support for implementing a
executives makes a solid successful IAM system throughout the
IAM soluation almost orgianzation
impossible
•No support outside IT •Make sure the entire system is
• Some believe an IAM system planned and executed in a way so the
is only for the IT future vision becomes a reality
department. An IAM
solution hasa company-wide
•Make sure the correct systems are
architecture
purchased and put in place to make
•Incomplete solutions the investment match up with cost-
• When only certain pieces of benefit analysis
a system are used, the
system is not worth the
investment usually

6. SWOT ANALYSIS
Summary
SWOT summary