ID-Access Overview
The Challenge
In most enterprise-scale Active Directory environments,
there are thousands of user groups, used primarily to authorize
access to millions of files, folders and shares.
Managing group membership is difficult and costly, because users who require privileges are not normally aware of the existence of groups or which group they need access to. Instead, users need access to network resources and call the help desk when they get read or write errors attempting to access those resources.
The ID-Access Solution
ID-Access is software from Hitachi ID for managing membership in groups, where groups exist on ID-Access target systems -- principally Active Directory. It allows users to initiate security change requests -- principally requests to join or exit network operating system security groups -- in a self-service manner, without the need for users to understand the underlying security infrastructure.
ID-Access can administer user access to folders, printers, distribution lists and other network resources whose access control mechanism leverages user groups.
ID-Access:
- Is ideal for contractors or employees who are given short term assignments and need to be quickly provisioned with security privileges that pertain to their new assignment or project.
- Reduces workload on IT administrators by offloading group membership management to users.
- Improves productivity for all users who need to access network resources to which they did not previously have rights.