Identity at the Center Identity At The Center #7: How the IAM Value Proposition Has Changed
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Aug 16, 2019 Luis Almeida, VP of Business Development at Identropy with over 15 years in identity management, shares insights on the evolving IAM value proposition. He highlights the transition from IT optimization to governance, driven by regulations like SOX. The discussion covers the challenges of early implementations, the significance of access visibility, and how data breaches have heightened security concerns. Luis also critiques the current hype around AI in IAM while advocating for practical integrations with behavior analytics.
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Career Path From Storage To Identity Consulting
- Luis describes his 15-year journey from CA storage sales to identity at Identropy and why consulting appealed to him.
- He frames advisory work as more flexible and service-focused than product-centric roles.
Why Early IAM Promises Failed
- Early IAM promise targeted automated entitlement provisioning and IT optimization but failed widely due to complexity.
- Role engineering and big-bang projects created a graveyard of failed implementations and disappointed customers.
Scaling Pain From A Small IAM Team
- Jeff recounts early hands-on IAM at Walgreens where four people managed mainframe, Lotus Notes, and email accounts.
- He describes the shift from low demand to thousands of tickets that forced scaling decisions later.