IAM as a Managed Service and IdMaaS

its an embryonic “pre-chasm” market with licensing and config challenges ahead

IdMaaS will rise and fall with SaaS and SOA centric approachs

First gen IdMaaS will be hybrid service and app architecture

IdMaaS requires shared reuseable services, initial frameworks available but vendor products are nascent

Professional IAM “as a Service” Types 1 & 2 & 3

1.Professional IAM Services
1.They help you BUILD out your IAM offering
2.Managed IAM Services
1.They build it, you manage it and consume it at their site
3.On-demand “IAM as a Service”
1.Hosted Services you consume as a part of your IAM Solution
4.Service-Architected IAM
1.Fischer International
2.Early editions of current IAM products, ERP adminstrationn
3.SOA based design
4.simple pricing

Fischers International is a company who will provide you IAM as a Service

Recommendations

Near
Establish a common vocabulary for talking about this
Audit current IAM infrastructure so you know the cost to operate it

Intermediate
evaluate the options periodically
Consult with services procurement to see legal and policy issues

Long term
Implement IdMaaS type appropriate to your organization