One Identity, a proven leader in identity-centered security, today
released product enhancements that will enable far easier provisioning and
deprovisioning of AD accounts extended to cloud and SaaS applications, which
are critical among enterprises going through the digital transformation
process. With One Identity Active Roles 7.4 and Starling Connect, IT and
security administrators can automate account administration tasks such as
provisioning and deprovisioning, from one central tool, to more than 35 SaaS
applications such as Salesforce, Google, ServiceNow and Workday.
The increasing popularity of cloud
applications creates security challenges for enterprises. Administrators must
shuffle among different tools and manual processes to provision users. At
larger companies, this can involve siloed teams overseeing specific
applications and using disparate practices and tools. This process is typically
error prone, as well as time and resource intensive. According to a survey conducted by Dimensional
Research commissioned by One Identity, a mere eight percent of companies report
they are able to automatically provision and deprovision users across their all
of their applications and systems. Additionally, provisioning was reported to
be on average the least mature aspect of an organization's identity governance
and administration posture.
One Identity Active Roles 7.4
centralizes account and group administration for AD, AAD and cloud
applications, which are integrated through One Identity Starling Connect, a
SaaS-based solution that extends on-premise account administration
functionality to the cloud. Starling Connect leverages the System for
Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM v.2.0) open standard as the connection
between Active Roles (SCIM client), AD and AAD, and cloud applications. With
this ability, Active Roles 7.4 helps customers embark on the path to
comprehensive IGA by addressing the account and object management needs of the
critical AD/AAD environment and a growing number of critical SaaS applications.
"Most companies recognize they need
an effective, comprehensive way to manage how they grant and administer access,
yet the majority of organizations are overwhelmed by labor-intensive and
expensive approaches traditionally demanded by native tools and traditional AD
account lifecycle management solutions," said Darrell Long, vice president of
Product Management at One Identity. "Active Roles is one example of the
innovations that One Identity is delivering to help organizations pave the way
for cloud and SaaS application adoption and take a step toward broader IAM
success. It provides the functionality and scope needed to enable cloud
adoption through automated provisioning while mitigating security risk and
cumbersome processes."
One Identity Active Roles 7.4 also
serves as an effective entry to privileged access management (PAM) through
granular delegation of AD and AAD administrative permissions. PAM is of great
interest to companies today given the myriad of security threats that stem from
improper use of privileged, or administrative, credentials.
One Identity Active Roles 7.4 is
available immediately. For more information, visit the Active Roles product page on the One
Identity website.