Who is the champion for de-provisioning?

When someone joins an organization and needs access to tools and information on the network, there are many champions for provisioning them ASAP.

The person, their boss, admin, enlightened IT departments. All are eager to get this person productive and if someone is the bottleneck, they are hounded till they are not.

In fact, if the business process in place does not work fast enough, work-arounds are created. It is common that ‘faux’ records are created so that someone can be provisioned with an email or network login before the official HR record is created.

But, if the faux record stays in the system, who hounds IT till it is out?

How many organizations have you left where your email or access has remained operational for a while or perhaps forever? This is almost the norm rather than the exception. Does anyone hound them to remove this access? Of course not.

No wonder most organizations have thousands of lost or forgotten credentials in their systems.

What is TRUE_IDENTITY

TRUE_IDENTITY is a brand of The Kenna Group, LLP. It is currently focused on a product called TRUE_IDENTITY Enterprise Identity Matching.

True Identity speaks to the need to match real people to the access credentials they use as a proxy on networks. Access credentials (username-login and the like) are the keys but, who is the person using the key? Surprisingly, most of the administration of systems and networks has been focused on managing the keys and not really worrying about the person behind them.

Sounds interesting and boring at the same time. Well, this is my (Philip Hume) blog and I hope to make this more interesting than boring.

I believe that I have seen a problem in the identity management world that is pervasive and in need of a specialized solution. I came to realize this problem, serendipitously back in 2003, as a real ‘aha’ moment. Since then, my understanding of this problem has been somewhat of a curse, as it seems not so obvious to those who are afflicted with it and to 99% of the practitioners in the identity management world. It has been a long 3 years but, I think the time has come to recognize the problem and to appreciate the nuance needed in the solution. We shall see.

Usual disclaimer: This blog represents the opinions of Philip Hume and may or may not reflect those of The Kenna Group or any other organization I belong to. It also, may not reflect my own opinion in the future, so I reserve the right to change it given further insight or information – I certainly have in the past.