10 Best Practices for Effective Identity and Access Management

Effective Identity and Access Management (IAM) is crucial in today's landscape of remote work, multi-cloud environments, and sophisticated cyber threats, with compromised credentials being a major factor in over 80% of breaches, according to the 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Organizations face numerous challenges, including fragmented IAM systems, manual provisioning processes, over-privileged accounts, insufficient monitoring, and inadequate user education, which can lead to increased risks, regulatory non-compliance, and reduced productivity. To address these issues, best practices include developing a comprehensive IAM strategy, centralizing IAM on a unified platform, enforcing the principle of least privilege, implementing robust authentication measures like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), adopting a Zero Trust model, automating provisioning and deprovisioning, and strengthening user education and training. Tools like SuperTokens can facilitate these practices by offering features such as MFA, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Single Sign-On (SSO), helping organizations to protect sensitive data and meet compliance requirements effectively.