Identity Access Management is sometimes referred to as Identity Management or Rights Management and is responsible for processing resource access requests from users. It is also the responsibility of Identity Access Management systems to review roles and access permissions to ensure that all users have access to what they need and nothing they don’t. Access administration controls credentials and is also responsible for cancelling privileges as members move to various roles within the enterprise or leave the business entirely.
“Primary goal of Identity Access Management is to ensure each user is assigned a single digital identity, and each identity is assigned the roles that apply to them and the access that each role permits them.”