IDA – the alliance for identity and access management

ID North AB has founded the Identity Driven Alliance (IDA) together with Grabowsky BV (the Netherlands), Kogit GmbH (Germany), and Adinsec bvba (Belgium).

Europe’s leading consulting companies in the field of identity and access management (IAM) have joined forces in the Identity Driven Alliance. The partners will collaborate on vision, knowledge sharing, projects and will jointly attend events. Customers will benefit from the consolidated expertise and experience of all four participating enterprises.

How do you meet organization needs such as compliance, business enablement, operational efficiency without jeopardizing security and privacy? Building a fence is no longer sufficient. Protecting company data on multiple levels is essential. Data needs to be secured and access needs to be driven by identity.

An effective approach demands a clear goal, an integrated business-IT approach and a specialized partner.

The members of the Identity Driven Alliance are now able to provide IAM consulting services and conduct implementation projects of all types and scales for clients throughout Europe. The alliance brings together over 100 specialists with significant project and professional experience, creating a comprehensive pool of highly skilled professionals. Moreover, the alliance will be able to draw on the experience gained with a variety of identity management solutions in previous projects. IDA is product- and vendor-independent, and develops customer-specific solutions by leveraging the offerings available from leading players such as SailPoint, SAP, CyberArk, OneIdentity, Beta SystemsOneGini, Ping Identity and Netskope.

As the business- and IT-landscape further evolves and opens up, the alliance will closely follow up on these trends and evolutions, and add further methodologies and solutions in order to continue to guide its customers into these new architectures and challenges.

There is growing demand in Europe for expert advice and assistance for the establishment of sophisticated identity and access management architectures. The alliance meets this need by blending the partners’ skills and solution portfolios. Identity Driven Alliance consultants fulfill each customer’s unique imperatives by defining and implementing state-of-the-art identity management infrastructures.

The benefits of this alliance are already being felt in ongoing projects.

ID North AB:

ID North AB (formerly Heimore AB) is a team of Identity specialists based in Sweden. The company is focused on primarily the Nordic markets. ID North offers expertise within all areas of IAM, from pre-studies and Risk Assemessments to delivering fullblown end-to-end projects. In the team there is competence within many different IAM platforms but the main focus is on Sailpoint and their offering as they are a strategic partner.

Grabowsky:

Grabowsky is a partner for companies and institutions in the growing complex domain of identity driven security.

Building a fence is no longer sufficient. Protecting company data on multiple levels is essential. Data needs to be secured and access needs to be carefully controlled using identity driven solutions. Within this domain, we serve as a trusted and experienced guide for organizations. We help them overcome challenges and ensure that the right people have secure access to files and systems.

We always start with the ‘why’, focussing on the bigger picture with a holistic view and integrated approach. This requires a team effort that involves both business and IT stakeholders to illuminate a clear path to identity driven security, including: business consultancy, implementation, training and support.

Our expertise is evident in the way Grabowsky chooses a clear path in the complex world of IT. Since the 1980’s Grabowsky evolved from user administration, system integration and data security to involvement in the full range of granting access to information and resources. The projects we take on are always complex and broader than the individual domains. The experience we gain from handling complex projects is what we apply to make your challenges manageable.

The way we work is open and transparent. Where possible we use standardized software.

We have built our expertise in the public- (government and security organization) and financial sector. Sectors that need to observe strict rules and regulations while at the same time aiming for business efficiency.

www.grabowsky.com

KOGIT GmbH:

KOGIT GmbH is one of the leading, independent consultant companies in the field of Identity Access Management and Governance, Risk & Compliance.

The company provides expertise in the fields of Consulting, Projects, Solutions and Services. For their customers KOGIT offers consulting for strategy and technology, feasibility studies including product selection, value analysis including design and implementation, as well as project management and –planning.

KOGIT advices many international companies. The high standards in work are achieved through excellently trained and experienced consultants.

KOGITs customer base includes banks and insurance companies, energy providers, automotive manufacturers and – suppliers, trading companies, chemical companies, companies of the manufacturing industry as well as contracting authorities. Well-known accounting- and consulting firms as well as leading software manufacturers are part of the KOGIT Alliance Network.

The company was founded in 2002 and its headquarters are located in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt am Main.

For more Information see www.kogit.de.

Adinsec:

Adinsec was founded in April 2002 as a solutions provider in the IAM domain for Benelux customers. As this domain was extended a number of years later with compliance and governance requirements, Adinsec broadened its expertise and experience accordingly. In the different IGA/IAM areas Adinsec has selected a market-leading technology partner and uses their technologies for the technical implementation part of these projects.

Adinsec offers services over the full lifecycle of an IGA/IAM program, such as Business and Organisational Consultancy, Architecture, Functional and Technical Analysis, Implementation and Solution Support. Adinsec can either take care of the whole project for the customer, or work together with a customer team and provide guidance and knowledge transfer. Adinsec also set up its IGA User Group where its customers can regularly meet, exchange experiences and brainstorm with Adinsec and its technology partners on further future requirements.

Further information on www.adinsec.com.

ID North AB:

ID North AB (formerly Heimore AB) is a team of Identity specialists based in Sweden. The company is focused on primarily the Nordic markets. ID North offers expertise within all areas of IAM, from pre-studies and Risk Assemessments to delivering fullblown end-to-end projects. In the team there is competence within many different IAM platforms but the main focus is on Sailpoint and their offering as they are a strategic partner.

For more information please see www.id-north.com.