Tech Data is offering identity and access management as-a-service (IAMaaS) to the channel using Microsoft tools.
The growing threat from cyber criminals and the shift to hybrid working practices has made the management of identities and network access a much greater challenge for organisations.
The distributor said partners will be able to offer a managed service to their end customers without having to invest up-front or waiting until they have developed their own IAM capabilities.
“Identity and access management is right on the front line of enterprise digital defences and should be a critical element of every organisation’s security posture,” said Alison Nixon (pictured), director for security and advanced solutions for the UK and Ireland at Tech Data. “But many customers don’t have a policy or a solution in place, and many partners do not have the in-house skills and capabilities to manage IAM for their customers and deliver the right outcomes. Our service breaks that impasse, providing our partners with a managed IAM service that they and their customers can trust,” said Dixon.
The IAMaaS service offers protection in the three key areas of access management, identity governance and administration and privileged access management. Making use of Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Active Directory, it provides a set of practice frameworks and technologies for the establishment of secure access, and to ensure privileged access and administrator activities are “always secure, audited and fully under control”, said Tech Data.
IAMaaS is the latest addition to Tech Data’s RECON Security Suite services portfolio, which makes it easier for partners to improve their customers’ cyber security posture. All RECON services have been developed around the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework.
Last month, Tech Data strengthened its cloud support services programme to partners across Europe. A new services framework, known as the ELITE Cloud Support Service (CSS) Partner Program, is designed to provide a broad range of “highly flexible, granular and customisable options”, the distributor said.
