Overview
Introduction
This report provides an in-depth look into the opportunities that the identity and access management market represents to both vendors and end-users. It also explores likely scenarios in the evolution of the market, both in terms of technology and market dynamics. In addition, this report provides vendors with actionable recommendations that can assist them with their go-to-market strategy.
Scope
- Provides an in-depth look into the ID&AM market opportunity, including a quantitative forecast of the market' s growth.
- Examines possible scenarios for the development of ID&AM technologies.
- Presents a detailed view of the impact ID&AM technologies are having on end-users.
- Analyses the go to market approach of vendors and provides guidance on how this could be improved.
Highlights
The complexity of ID&AM requirements, along with the need to integrate disparate elements into a coherent ID&AM infrastructure, has left the technology with a reputation for being difficult to deploy and costly to integrate. This reputation may have been justified in the past, but vendors have made strides towards simplifying their solutions.
Of all the components of security, ID&AM has the most important role to play in the maturing security market. ID&AM is tightly linked to business processes and to the IT infrastructure, since the management of access according to role, location and type of resource is a key enabler of business processes.
Retail banking will continue to represent a key vertical for ID&AM vendors; however, the high penetration in the market suggests that demand within this sector will slow down. This will be accompanied by an increase in the demand for ID&AM solutions across other verticals.
Reasons to Purchase
- This report provides broad coverage of a range of important topics relating to the ID&AM market.
- Vendors can learn about the major trends affecting the ID&AM space through a combination of quantitative and qualitative market assessments.
- Vendors can better understand the challenges their clients face as the technology and business requirements of identity and access management evolve.
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Key Messages
- The ID&AM opportunity is set to grow significantly across all segments
- Reducing the complexity of ID&AM will create broader opportunities for vendors
- A succession of data loss incidents has highlighted the need for better access monitoring
- Compliance is important, but business concerns such as efficiency trump it
- Table of Contents
- Table of figures
- Table of tables
- Market Opportunity
- The ID&AM opportunity is set to grow significantly across all segments
- Increasing operational efficiency while reducing risk will be a key customer requirement
- Retail banking leads in the penetration of ID&AM but other sectors are catching up quickly
- Reducing the complexity of ID&AM will create broader opportunities
for vendors
- Simplification will help ID&AM technology to spread beyond its traditional markets
- Technology Evolution
- Vendors will offer stronger auditing and greater monitoring capabilities
- A succession of data loss incidents has highlighted the need for better access monitoring
- Enterprise role management will allow more granular access management
- The access component of ID&AM will be increasingly integrated into applications
- SOA will influence the way ID&AM solutions are designed and implemented
- Broader and more innovative strong authentication will emerge in the market
- Customer Impact
- SSO solutions can provide a significant boost to security while reducing costs
- Combining SSO with strong authentication will provide the best of both worlds
- Enterprise risk management will enable better automation for identity provisioning
- A more secure infrastructure will result in an increased focus on policy and auditing
- The adoption of SOA-enabled ID&AM is a limited but important trend
- Competitive Landscape
- IT Infrastructure vendors will increase their influence over ID&AM through convergence
- Different classes of vendors will persist due to the market' s complexity and heterogeneity
- The market is rapidly reaching a high degree of consolidation
- Go to Market
- New approaches to ID&AM will help customize the technology to suit SMEs
- End-users require services capabilities to deal with the complexity of ID&AM technology
- ID&AM is horizontal but there is value in adapting messaging to vertical requirements
- Recommendations
- Formulate your marketing messages in terms of business goals and risk management
- Open standards and interoperability will remain key selling points
- Continued innovation is an absolute necessity, especially around strong authentication
- Services are an integral part of the delivery of ID&AM and should be treated as such
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Data monitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: The market opportunity for identity and access management solutions, 2006-2012
- Table 2: ID&AM penetration across vertical markets
- Table 3: Reported breaches of sensitive data, 2004-2008
- Table 4: Average number of passwords per employee in the enterprise
- Table 5: Objectives behind IT investments in the enterprise
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: All ID&AM segments represent promising long-term revenue opportunities
- Figure 2: Retail banking leads in the penetration of ID&AM but other sectors will grow at a higher rate
- Figure 3: High-profile incidents of data loss have highlighted the threat and increased awareness of it
- Figure 4: The average employee frequently uses over six passwords to do his job
- Figure 5: Only 21% of respondents in a recent survey expressed confidence in password authentication
- Figure 6: Capabilities of ID&AM vendors vary significantly, with infrastructure vendors dominating overall
- Figure 7: Objectives behind IT investments in the enterprise
