Software as Service (SAAS) Applications February 16, 2011
Posted by mstarry in 2 - Enterprise Network Architecture and Security.trackback
Do you know how many SAAS applications are deployed your organization? I believe I do, but I’m not certain. SAAS applications run outside the walls of the corporate network and house many types of corporate data. Employees can access these applications from any device with Internet access.
Most SAAS providers manage authentication credentials within their applications. If credentials are managed by the SAAS provider, do you have a de-provisioning process for users that leave the company? If the user is not deleted from the SAAS application in a timely manner, access to corporate data will remain until the internal and external accounts are reconciled. This is a manual process and subject to human error.
Organizations need to tie SAAS credentials to their internal corporate directory. Identity management is critical to moving applications to SAAS or cloud computing models. This insures that when an employee is terminated and their network account is disabled, they no longer have access to the data housed in SAAS applications.
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