Aug 07
The Ah-ha of IAM
Greg Daly
I have been involved with technology since 1986 and a consultant with C/D/H since 1994. I continue to focus on infrastructure, workgroup collaboration, and security and identity management technologies (our AIM practice).
I have always been a tech junkie and remember my first home network in the early 90s running Tokin Ring! The constant change in technology and its impact on business has always been the draw for me. There is always something new, different, and interesting both from the technology perspective and at various client sites. Change is constant and being change agents, I enjoy the impact we provide to a client’s business operations.
I obtained my MBA in ’06, and seem to be one of the few technologists that actually studied information systems in undergrad.
When I'm not at work, I greatly enjoy time with my family, and tinkering on my home systems. I am also an avid skier and enjoy martial arts and working out.
My LinkedIn profile is at http://www.linkedin.com/in/gjdaly
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Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a very popular strategic initiative with many of our clients. However, as most of these clients have discovered, IAM is a vast and complex undertaking, and typically NOT a quick fix solution. IAM, at its foundational level, is a Business Process Management (BPM) exercise, and is not as simple as getting system A to share information with system B.
Most of our larger IAM initiatives have resulted in “ah-ha” moments for the client–when we go through the discovery and documentation of the business processes we are trying to automate. Often this is where a project will be delayed, as the client goes back and tries to tune/tweak the process steps they just “discovered”. If IAM is something you are considering, it would behoove you to start this BPM discovery and flow-charting exercise well before the project starts. This serves to greatly minimize any surprises and delays in achieving your goals.