Security News > 2021 > March > Over 80% of IT leaders will adopt or expand cloud-based IAM and face challenges
The study, "Identity and Access Management for the Hybrid Enterprise," conducted by Forrester Consulting for ForgeRock and Google Cloud, also found that the industry has significant opportunities to improve the IAM experience for the majority of hybrid cloud adopters.
Nearly 90% of those surveyed are held back from embracing IAM in the cloud because their current IAM offerings lack the stability, scalability or capabilities that their organizations need, according to Forrester.
As ecosystems and cloud adoption expand, security professionals are increasingly aware of siloed data environments and the blind spots in their cloud and IAM strategies, the company said.
Further, almost all IT professionals at firms with IAM technologies face challenges meeting customer needs in a pure cloud environment, the study said.
88% of respondents said they find technology issues, such as limited IAM functionality, lack of product scalability and the inability to manage identity and access across current applications is preventing their adoption of IAM in the cloud.
Hybrid IAM is an IAM platform designed to enable large enterprises to run, unify and secure all digital identities within a hybrid IT architecture.