Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 04 | Page 40

FEATURE : IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
Businesses need to get their identity , authentication and access management right to ensure their operations run smoothly .
Richard Marr , Regional Director , APAC , Auth0 , explains how businesses can outsource their Customer Identity and Access Management strategy .

With the increase in

digitization and remote workforces across APAC businesses , the conversation around Customer Identity and Access Management ( CIAM ) is more timely than ever .
Nearly every business affected by the shift handles personal data and has staff accessing resources remotely . This becomes even more complex as the number of platforms , devices and user interfaces continue to grow exponentially , bringing with them a number of headline grabbing data breaches .
CIAM and its core elements of authentication and authorization have been around for a while . However , technologies like cloud computing , mobile and the Internet of Things ( IoT ) that allow data and company systems to be accessible from anywhere , mean that organizations are facing increasing numbers of requests for access to content and resources .

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