Identity and access management (IAM) is a set of processes, policies, and tools for defining and managing the roles and access privileges of individual network entities (users and devices) Users include customers, partners, and employees; devices include computers, smartphones, routers, servers, controllers and sensors. The core objective of IAM systems is one digital identity per individual or item. More modern approaches include biometrics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Forrester Research: The economy now relies on IAM.”]
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