Why should Firms Especially smaller Firms Focus on IAM (Identity& Access Management), Zero Trust Instead of Investing in WideArray of Complex Tools and Security Solutions

Abstract

Every firm big or small, regardless of the industry, operating capital, size, geographical coverage, aims at improving its cybersecurity and risk posture. These firms build on that strategy by investing in cybersecurity defense tools and processes. The cybersecurity defense industry is filled with various companies providing security tools that span across the information security domains like access management, physical controls, encryption etc. The choices are endless and it is challenging to decide especially if you are a smaller firm with limited budget to spend. Bigger firms can explore choices and eventually go ahead with a tool and implementation model , can revert back changes if they don’t like the results, however, that’s not the case for smaller firms, the choice has to be rational, beneficial in the long run and not expensive. Of all the information security domains, Access management is the most important domain and the one to secure first for any firm, it offers defense in depth.

This articles dives into details about concepts like Access management, difference between Access management and Access control, Identity and access management, Zero trust which is an advanced and matured framework on similar lines. It also explains why it makes sense for smaller companies with limited budget to opt for these choices, rationale, benefits.