IAM Growth Continues, Remains a Business Priority
Posted by Courion Corporation on Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Last week at the ISSE 2009 security conference in The Hague, consultancy firms KPMG and the Everett Group fielded a survey focusing on 2009 IAM investments. Feedback from 128 respondents of organizations in 23 European countries re-confirmed the findings from the 2008 survey titled, "IAM is here to stay," with some eye-opening additions. According to the new survey, almost 90% of the CIOs and CEOs who responded said they have started one or more IAM projects in the past year, despite the economic climate and reduced IT security budgets. In fact, about 70% said they have allocated specific budgets to IAM. The main drivers of these new IAM deployments are said to be governance, risk and compliance, operational excellence and business agility.
This after Gartner forecasted in late September that the worldwide software security market will total $14.5 billion this year, up eight percent from last year. They see the trend continuing next year as well, when a 13 percent gain in revenue to $16.3 billion is anticipated in the market. And just this week, industry research firm RNCOS released a report further supporting these findings, predicting IAM market growth in various regions, including the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, of nearly 23% from 2009 to 2012, fueled by rising concerns over security breaches and identity thefts.
The Courion Access Assurance approach focuses on the necessity of showcasing incremental success and small wins in IAM deployments in order to gain support for further project. Using a "self-funding" strategy, we target the most pressing security challenges (access verification & certification, role management, access compliance...) to deliver visible business results often in under 90 days. In this way, IT security can actively involve the lines of business in proposed projects and make sure all parties are in alignment and striving for results that increase security and compliance, while increasing operational efficiency and business agility at the same time.
Ask yourself, is your organization getting the full value from your IAM initiatives?