{"id":7645,"date":"2017-10-06T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:41:11","slug":"identity-access-management-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/identity-access-management-service","title":{"rendered":"IAMaaS \u2013 Identity and Access Management as a Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There is a movement gaining a lot of momentum in the modern IT world to shift away from on-prem infrastructure in favor of SaaS-based solutions that leverage the cloud. These days almost every IT category has solutions delivered <\/span>as-a-service from the cloud<\/span><\/a>. Yet, while the cloud has taken over in most instances, there are some categories that have been slow to adapt.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/span>Identity and Access Management<\/span><\/a> (IAM) space is a good example. Fortunately, a new generation of IAMaaS (Identity and Access Management-as-a-Service) solutions<\/a> have emerged to change that.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n These changes have been positive for the most part. However, to truly understand the benefits of a new cloud-based IAM solution, let\u2019s first step back and take a look at the old model. Then, we will discuss what has changed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Historically, the identity provider (IdP) category has been on-prem and delivered as software typically managed by the IT organization. For most organizations that has meant <\/span>Microsoft Active Directory\u00ae<\/span><\/a> (AD).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of us already know that AD has been dominating the IAM space for better or worse for almost twenty years now. <\/span>AD is a directory services platform for <\/span>Microsoft Windows\u00ae<\/span><\/a> based IT resources. It was initially released back in 2000 as a directory service solution for the widespread implementations of Windows systems and services that was prevalent at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Back then, everything was running Windows. From the endpoints users accessed to the <\/span>on-prem email<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>applications<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>data servers<\/span><\/a> they leveraged on a daily basis. The simple truth was that if you wanted computing power you looked to <\/span>Microsoft for a solution<\/span><\/a> and you managed it with Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n With AD at the core, a wide variety of subcategories of the IAM market appeared. Many of those addressed the shortcomings of AD, such as AD\u2019s lack of device management capabilities for non-Windows systems, and have gone on to be SaaS solutions that organizations can add on to supplement AD. Yet, none of these were created with the focus to be a fully featured <\/span>Directory-as-a-Service\u00ae<\/span><\/a> delivered from the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solutions have been on the market for while now. There are a number of web application Single Sign-On (SSO)<\/a> solutions that could be described as first generation IDaaS solutions. However, what we are referring to when we use the term <\/span>IAMaaS<\/span><\/a> (a.k.a. Identity and Access Management as a Service) is a solution that lives at the core of identity management (rather than adjunct to an on-prem IAM instance like AD) \u2013 all delivered from the cloud, as a service.<\/span> Compare IAM vs. IDaaS<\/a> for a further breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The true essence of IAMaaS is to be the central, cloud-based directory service for an organization. As a cloud identity management platform, the modern day IAMaaS platform securely manages and connects employee identities to the IT resources those individuals need.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Those resources could be <\/span>Windows, Mac, or Linux<\/span><\/a> systems, Windows or Linux servers hosted <\/span>in the cloud at AWS<\/span><\/a> or on-prem, <\/span>web<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>on-prem<\/span><\/a> applications, <\/span>physical or virtual storage<\/span><\/a>, and wired or <\/span>WiFi networks<\/span><\/a>. Virtually anything a person needs to connect to, the modern IAMaaS solution enables from the cloud and as a service. This approach to IAMaaS is called Directory-as-a-Service.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about JumpCloud\u2019s Directory-as-a-Service, and how our platform can deliver Identity and Access Management as a Service, <\/span>contact us here<\/span><\/a>. You can also <\/span>sign up<\/span><\/a> today and see for yourself. JumpCloud allows you and your first ten users to demo the full functionality for our product for free. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The modern IT world is shifting away from on-prem infrastructure in favor of SaaS-based solutions like Identity and Access Management as a Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":7646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2781],"tags":[],"collection":[2779,2777],"platform":[],"funnel_stage":[3016],"coauthors":[2527],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTraditional Approaches to Identity and Access Management<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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