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Top six things to consider with an identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) solution

Managing and simplifying access to apps

Published May 2015

The number and variety of apps that are being adopted by organizations—from on-premises apps, cloud-based apps, to mobile apps—is rapidly increasing. While IT continues to deliver new and varying apps, lines of business and even individuals are now also adopting apps independently of IT at an astonishing rate. As a result, employees typically need to authenticate with a dizzying array of systems, from a variety of PC and mobile devices, with each app representing another silo of identity for IT to manage. Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) is an emerging solution category for managing and simplifying access to apps, but there are a number of feature, architecture and maturity considerations when selecting an IDaaS. This paper will discuss six of the top considerations.