Maximum control over digital identities: Secure your data reliably with SysEleven IAM

IAM is based on identities, permissions, and policies:

• Identities: Every user or entity that wants to access resources has a unique digital identity, such as a username, e-mail address, or other identifier.
• Permissions: Each identity has specific permissions that define which resources or services they can access. Permissions can be highly granular, ranging from “read” to “write” and “delete.”
• Policies: IAM uses policies to determine which identities can access which resources and what actions they can perform. These policies are rules that are created and managed by administrators.
• Authentication & authorization: When a user logs in (authentication), the IAM system verifies their identity and then checks the assigned permissions and policies to decide whether access is granted or denied (authorization).

Integrating IAM into your existing cloud environment offers numerous benefits:

• Centralized management: You can control all user accounts and access rights in one place, which simplifies management and ensures consistency.
• Enhanced security: IAM protects your cloud resources from unauthorized access with precise access control and features like multi-factor authentication (MFA).
• Scalability: IAM can flexibly adapt to the growing demands of your cloud environment, which allows you to integrate new users and applications easily.
• Cost and time savings: Automation of access processes reduces administrative effort and minimizes errors, which saves time and reduces operational costs.
• Compliance and reporting: IAM helps you to comply with security and data protection regulations with detailed logs and reports on access activities.

IAM ensures compliance with data protection regulations like GDPR through several key features:

• Access control: Through precise role and permission management, IAM makes sure that only authorized personnel have access to personal data, which supports the principle of data minimization.
• Transparency and traceability: IAM provides detailed logs and reports on access and activity data. This is essential for audits and compliance verification.
• Secure authentication: With multi-factor authentication (MFA) features, IAM protects user identities and prevents unauthorized access to sensitive data.
• Privacy by design: IAM systems can be configured to integrate privacy principles right from the start, such as implementing privacy policies and automated permission checks.
• Rights management: IAM enables precise access rights management, which ensures that access requests and changes are transparent and documented, thus meeting GDPR requirements for data processing and security.