Gestión de identidades y control de acceso desde una perspectiva organizacional

In the modern world of global markets, organizations need to increase the business agility in order to develop market strategies that allow them to compete efficiently, comply with government regulations and be flexible enough in the changing environment of regulations and laws. In order to accomplish this objectives, organizations need to have methods that assure the information availability and the secure access to applications and resources across multiple systems and allow users such as employees, customers, suppliers and business partners to access online services. This document describes concepts related to identity and access management such as identity management, role management and access management as well as the principal benefits and disadvantages found when implementing an Identity and access management solution, the current situation at organizational level and some successful experiences in Latino America.