For existing Azure AD customers, it covers core IGA offerings such as identity store, SSO, auto-provisioning, license management, and reporting. Integrating additional security products like Endpoint Security from Microsoft nearly completes the spectrum of identity and governance needs. The only missing piece in this puzzle is employee lifecycle management, which involves real-time automation of employee lifecycle – onboarding, termination, profile changes, long-term leave, etc. – from HR systems to Azure AD to reflect such changes to identity profiles.
In today’s landscape businesses grapple with the constant threat of cybersecurity, data breaches, and reputation risks and safeguarding against these threats is paramount. Identity Governance and Analytics (IGA) emerges as a crucial capability at the heart of which lies “identity” that determines who possesses what privilege and access, and ensures individuals have access to data and systems on a “need to know” basis.
It’s imperative to manage roles and privileges as an individual progresses through the organization to mitigate security risks. The reality is that vulnerabilities are often exposed either through insider activities or unwitting actions that can be exploited by intruders. Therefore, Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is a paramount requirement.
In recent years, the adoption of Azure AD has surged, driven in part by its intrinsic relationship with Microsoft Office 365. Microsoft’s substantial investment in Azure AD, coupled with ongoing advancements in its roadmap, has positioned it as a key identity player. Critical features like single sign-on (SSO), auto-provisioning or SCIM, and license management, among others, are seamlessly integrated into this cloud-hosted identity store at no additional cost. Azure AD collaborates seamlessly with other Microsoft Security offerings, presenting a comprehensive view of identity, access, and associated real-time events. Microsoft’s offering makes a compelling case for businesses to leverage SSO, auto provisioning, and other features without the need for additional third-party providers like Okta, Ping, OneLogin, Aquera, and others.
While there are comprehensive alternatives such as SailPoint, Saviynt, and Omada Identity, which are full-fledged IGA platforms with extensive features, they come with a high total cost of ownership and require specialized teams to manage them. These platforms, though flexible, often necessitate coding or scripting for customization.
For existing Azure AD customers, it covers core IGA offerings such as identity store, SSO, auto-provisioning, license management, and reporting. Integrating additional security products like Endpoint Security from Microsoft nearly completes the spectrum of identity and governance needs. The only missing piece in this puzzle is employee lifecycle management, which involves real-time automation of employee lifecycle – onboarding, termination, profile changes, long-term leave, etc. – from HR systems to Azure AD to reflect such changes to identity profiles.
This is where Hire2Retire from RoboMQ comes into play and completes the puzzle to provide complete IGA capabilities alongside Azure AD. Hire2Retire works seamlessly with over 14 leading HR systems, integrating with AD and Azure AD in both hybrid and cloud-only configurations. It facilitates real-time synchronization and automation to create and update identity profiles in AD and enforce strict role-based access control (RBAC) or birthrights to security groups, distribution lists, application access, and other privileges.
From a cost perspective, opting for Hire2Retire presents an attractive proposition compared to investing in another full-blown or lightweight IGA or another Identity platform. By simply integrating HR lifecycle management with Hire2Retire, you can unlock the full spectrum of capabilities of Azure AD or Entrata without significant additional costs. Another advantage that Hire2Retire offers is its user-friendly, no-code, intuitive, UX-driven, self-service platform, minimizing the learning curve and reducing the overall cost of ownership. With Hire2Retire, you can have a fully operational and set-up IGA solution in just a few weeks!
Bramh Gupta is the founder and CEO of RoboMQ. He has a background in large scale real-time manufacturing systems, telecommunications and design and architecture of highly scalable and resilient enterprise systems. He is passionate about real-time integration and the value that it brings to business operations and critical decision making.
Bramh holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business and Industrial Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. Bramh combines his business insights and architectural skills to design and create highly scalable, integration platforms and tools that are needed to power the API economy.
