Access management is the process of granting authorized users the right to use a service, while preventing access to non-authorized users. It has also been referred to as rights management or identity management in different organizations.

The purpose of access management is to provide the right for users to be able to use a service or group of services. It is therefore the execution of policies and actions that are defined in the information security management.

With an access management and authentication service, you can:  Prevent unauthorized access to resources and reduce breach exposure  Accelerate and secure your organization's digital transformation  Simplify and achieve compliance  Ensuring that controlled access to services will allow the organization to maintain effective confidentiality of its information  Providing capabilities to audit use of services and to trace the abuse of services  Providing capabilities to revoke access rights when needed on a timely basis, an important security consideration