User Access Management Basics

User Access Management Basics

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User Access Management Basics

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User Access Management (UAM), also known as identity and access management (IAM), is the administration of giving individual users within a system access to the tools they need at the right time. For businesses, this usually includes access to external applications, permissions, and security requirements.

Today, challenges can arise as companies grow, and employees with varying roles and responsibilities increasingly use external enterprise solutions to do their jobs. An identity and access management solution helps manage this by providing a seamless way to manage user identities and access all in one place.

What user access management allows you to do

User Access Management allows IT administrators to securely manage access to services and resources for all the users in an organization. All this can be done simply within a Universal Directory

With Okta’s Universal Directory, you can create and manage users and groups, and assign permissions based on user attributes using our cloud-based solution. Since Okta connects directly to the leading SaaS apps, your users will be able to access them directly through our Single Sign-On (SSO) solution. That means fewer password resets for IT and a more streamlined workflow for  other departments. 

You can also ensure compliance with your organization’s security policies through UAM. Okta’s UAM can enforce company-wide and group-based password policies, with options for complexity. For an extra layer of security for mobile users, our