Nishant Kaushik, Chief Architect, Identropy There is a misconception that IDaaS is simply a cloud-based, less featured, less secure version of traditional Identity Management products that get deployed on-prem. In this session, you will find out that far from being little brother, IDaaS is actually bigger, better and stronger than IDaaI (Identity-as-an-Install) across multiple dimensions, whether it be in capabilities, ability to evolve and most significantly, security and performance. IDaaS is Changing the IdM game right in front of us, and customers are winning.

1. IDaaS. The Now Big Thing
Nishant Kaushik / Chief Architect
@NishantK

2. First, A Bit of Housekeeping

3. First, A Bit of Housekeeping

4. First, A Bit of Housekeeping

5. This Talk is NOT About the Future

6. IDaaS Today

7. The Conversation

8. The Conversation

9. The Conversation

10. The Conversation
Bad news
for me!

11. IDaaS Today
IDaaS > IDaaI

12. IDaaS Today
IDaaS > IDaaIIdentity (Management)
as an Install
Identity (Management)
as a Service

13. IDaaS is…
Captain, I am detecting signs of an
intelligent system. It is cloud-
based, truly multi-tenant, elastic
and service based. It employs
standards, metering and is pay-as-
you-go.
Fascinating.

14. IDaaS is NOT…
Hosting an IDaaI solution in the cloud
does not an IDaaS solution make!
Source: http://www.dilbert.com/

15. So, Back to our Skeptic

16. Security

17. Let’s Talk About Security

18. Let’s Talk About Security

19. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

20. Hardened & Ready for Anything at this Point

21. Lots of Security in the Platform
Virtual Private Cloud
Site-to-Site VPN
Identity & Access Mgmt
Security Groups (Firewall)
Multi-Factor Authentication

22. How Security is Treated in IDaaI

23. Perimeter Complacency

24. How Security is Treated in IDaaS
API Firewall
Intrusion Detection and
Prevention Systems
Honeypots
Transparent Disk
Encryption
Tenant-Specific
Encryption
Identity Bridges
Continuous Penetration
Testing

25. Security Also Means Transparency

26. It’s A Choice
VS

27. Infrastructure & Technology

28. Let’s Think About This
VS

29. Let’s Think About This
VS

30. Let’s Think About This
VS

31. Resilient and Performant
Source: http://www.geek-and-poke.com/

32. But What If…
I go to a Hosting
Provider. Or, I host on a
Cloud Provider of my
choice?

33. IDaaI Tend to Use Older Technology than IDaaS
VS

34. Innovation & Capabilities

35. Improve or Innovate?

36. The Customer Gets…
VS

37. I know Kung Fu!

38. Usability

39. The PEBKAC Factor
Source: toonlet.com/creator/dcannell

40. Beyond PEBKAC
“It isn’t sufficient to simply eliminate user error
— designing user delight is the goal.”
– IBM Design
Source: http://www.inspireux.com/

41. Good UX as a Core Feature
VS

42. Cost

43. ‘Nuff Said
VS

44. A Final Thought

45. A Final Thought

46. Connect, Discuss
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