Empower your workforce for the digital age
Employees need access to a growing mix of cloud resources, from productivity tools to secure firewalls. But managing access across hybrid and cloud environments can be complex. Workforce Identity and Access Management (IAM), a system for managing user access and identities, provides a secure and efficient way to navigate this challenge.
Our Workforce IAM solutions let you centrally manage user identities, control access to resources, and ensure a seamless user experience - all while strengthening security.
Increase productivity and reduce costs
Allow employees to access modern applications that boost productivity, while reducing burden on IT for granting and managing access.
Build a Zero Trust posture
Leverage adaptive access capabilities to enable the right access for the right user at the right time.
Ensure a compliant enterprise environment
Ensure compliance to regulation requiring MFA as a core requirement.
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37% of employed consumers
say accessing their work account remotely is too arduous, and 57% get frustrated every time they have to create a new work password.
How Thales Can Help
Improve security, productivity and process agility with Workforce Identity and Access Management
Enhance employee experience across hybrid, remote, and on-premises environments by empowering your digital workforce to effortlessly operate in the cloud. Equip them with essential capabilities that safeguard their digital identities.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Streamline access to multiple apps with one login, reducing complexity and improving user experience.
Adaptive Access Control
Enforce adaptive access policies at the individual, group or application level, with a broad range of authentication options.
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Leading products for Workforce IAM
Partner with Thales to streamline access management and authentication, cut costs, and steer clear of IT vendor lock-in while accessing cloud and hybrid environments.
Authenticators
Thales Authenticators addresses numerous use cases, assurance levels, and threat vectors, leveraging both current and emerging protocols (OTP, PKI, FIDO) as well as multiple form factors (hardware and virtual smart cards and tokens, software and mobile authenticators).
SafeNet Trusted Access
SafeNet Trusted Access, our cloud-based workforce IAM service, will help you deliver intuitive and secure authentication journeys. Accelerate your cloud transformation, secure hybrid infrastructures, reduce the risk of shadow IT, and make work life easier.
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"SafeNet Trusted Access is a trusted enterprise identity and access management solution that enables highly secure, cloud-based single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. Granular, scenario-based access policies are the highlight of this solution, delivering advanced security while ensuring granular flexibility and control over authentication workflows."
The relationship between trust and user experience is the foundation of successful online interactions. The imperative is clear: organizations must uphold an unwavering commitment to both data security and user experience to build a future where trust enables digital interactions.
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Frequently asked questions
What is workforce identity and access management?
Workforce identity and access management (IAM) is a subset of IAM focused on managing user access and identities specifically for employees. Workforce IAM empowers employees by making it simple for them to access company systems and resources, while businesses benefit by controlling access to sensitive materials and boosting team productivity.
What is the difference between workforce IAM and customer IAM (CIAM)?
Workforce IAM is business-focused and helps organizations manage employees’ digital identities and control access to sensitive data using tools like adaptive access and Risk-Based Authentication (RBA). Customer IAM (CIAM) also aims to enhance security and provide frictionless login experiences, but since it’s geared toward an organization’s customers instead of its employees, the focus is on boosting customer experiences and retention rather than productivity.
What is the difference between workforce IAM and B2B IAM?
Workforce IAM, which is powered by platforms like SafeNet Trusted Access, boosts organizational efficiency by making it simple for employees to securely access the tools and systems they need to perform their roles. B2B IAM also streamlines access, but focuses on efficiently onboarding and managing external parties, such as an organization’s suppliers or partners, rather than its employees.
How do SSO and MFA fit into workforce IAM?
By using more than one verification layer to confirm employee identities, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) protects an organization against unauthorized access of its data and assets. Single Sign-On (SSO) boosts employee efficiency by streamlining the login process, eliminating the need for team members to remember multiple passwords across an organization’s systems, apps, and databases.
How does workforce IAM support Zero Trust?
Using strategies like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and microsegmentation, Zero Trust systems follow a highly rigorous “don’t trust, always verify” approach that limits permissions and continuously requires users to prove their identities. Workforce IAM makes Zero Trust possible by empowering organizations to monitor and control exactly what can be accessed, who can access it, and when that access is granted.
What does identity lifecycle management involve (onboarding to offboarding)?
Identity lifecycle management (ILM) refers to the process of managing a user’s identity at all stages of the IAM lifecycle, from the first onboarding phase, all the way through to the final stages of offboarding and compliance auditing. ILM involves taking steps like creating a user account and identity, setting user credentials, adjusting permissions when a user’s role changes, and revoking user access when appropriate.
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