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SE Radio 593: Eric Olden on Identity Orchestration

Dec 7, 2023

01:03:25

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Eric Olden discusses identity orchestration, integrating identity systems, challenges after mergers, legacy applications, and secure user authentication. The benefits of redundancy and orchestration for services, replacing insecure passwords, and the role of identity orchestration in secure access and efficient management are also explored. Implementing identity orchestration and emerging trends such as self-service and AI for automation and security are discussed.

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Identity orchestration abstracts complexities of managing identity systems, aiming to make them work seamlessly together in distributed environments.

Identity orchestration helps address challenges like modernization, mergers and acquisitions, and eliminating passwords.

Identity orchestration strives for a seamless user experience, allowing consistent authentication and access without major disruptions or changes to login.

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Identity Management and the Six A's

Identity management involves managing user access and actions within an application, which can be broken down into the six A's: authentication, access control, authorization, attributes, administration/governance, and audit.

The Six A's of Identity Management

01:24

Consistency and Security in API Calls

01:17

Consistent Management through Orchestration

01:18

Proactive Security Measures are Crucial

01:20

Introduction

4min

Identity Orchestration in Mergers and Acquisitions

12min

Identity Management Systems and Orchestration

11min

Integrating Multiple Multi-Factor Authentication Mechanisms and the Role of Orchestration

2min

Advantages of Redundancy and Orchestration for Services

3min

Replacing Insecure Passwords with Secure Vaults and Key Managers

2min

Identity Orchestration for Secure Access and Efficient Management

23min

Implementing Identity Orchestration and Emerging Trends

6min

Eric Olden talks with host Giovanni Asproni about identity orchestration, a software approach for managing distributed identity and access management (IAM) and integrating multiple identity systems or providers (IDPs) to make them look like a single system from a user perspective. The episode starts with a refresher in identity and access management, then introduces identity orchestration and some of the challenges it helps to address, such as integrating disparate identity management systems after company mergers or acquisitions; managing identities in situations where some of the IAM systems are unreachable; and implementing more secure identity management in legacy applications. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.

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