What Is Oracle IAM?

Oracle IAM (Oracle Identity and Management) is a product set that enables organizations to provide secure and safe access to the organization's resources and assets. It lets you control who can access your resources. Its main purpose is to capture user information, manage user identities, and coordinate access privileges with an eye on managing the lifecycle of the identity. IAM solutions provide role-based access control, enabling administrators to regulate access to systems or networks for individual users. The few modules offered to its customers by an integration cloud partner are Oracle identity manager, Oracle access manager, Oracle privileged access manager, Oracle internet directory, Oracle unified directory.

 

Products of IAM:

 

Directory: it is central to the oracle integrated cloud IAM system. Oracle equips scalable directory and integration technology to meet the needs of organizations. It provides multiple deployment options. A unified directory gives expandable scalability without affecting the services it is architecture in such a manner that it accelerates identity management projects and applications deployments and reduces the cost.

 

Access management: It helps control who can access the organization's resources. It provides centralized access and can also integrate with other Oracle resources. With access management, organizations obtain resilience to control access for existing enterprise platforms and support migration to the cloud. It ensures that the policies aren’t violated even when the resources are accessed from a different device from somewhere else. It increases login requirements based on device, location, etc.

Identity: Oracle identity management allows enterprises to manage user identities across the organization within and beyond the firewall. This automation reduces IT administration costs and improves security.

 

Basic functions of IAM are:

 

• Identity governance: It manages the user account including authority and resources.

• Access management: Controls unified access policies and increase security.

• Directory services: It centralizes directory and credential management and synchronization.

• User provisioning: It automates the creation and management of new user accounts.

• Identity analytics: Integrates with machine learning, detects and prevents suspicious identity activities.

• Single sign-on (SSO): Consolidates all user credentials and passwords in a single account with strong password enablement.

• Multifactor authentication (MFA): Steps up authentication in the form of secondary authentication controls to ensure the authenticity of users and reduce exposure from stolen credentials.

• Risk-based authentication: Automatically identifies user actions with high risks.

 

Some of the components of IAM are:

 

• Resources: The cloud objects that employees use to interact with Oracle cloud.

• Users: an individual or a system is required to manage the IAM system

• Group: A group of users who require access to a particular set of resources.

• Network resource: IP addresses that are allowed to access resources in your tenancy.

 

 

This modern platform supports organizations in strengthening security, streamlining compliance and seizing business opportunities related to mobile and social access. It enhances the company's competitiveness and gives them an edge. Automation optimizes efficiency by reducing time and resources consumption that goes in manually managing user access. IAM is compatible with their oracle clouds such as Oracle EPM Cloud, cloud hcm and Oracle ERP Cloud and on-premises systems. This drives stronger collaboration and observation across the business. 

 

Nowadays, companies are increasingly accepting remote work, which exposes IT resources to higher risks. Oracle IAM systems allow organizations to remain secure and compliant within shifting business models for greater agility.