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Identity Access Management (IAM) Consulting Services

Ensure the right individuals have the appropriate access to your organization’s data and applications at all times.

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A modern Identity Access Management strategy will level-up your processes so you can provide better audit trails, safeguard your data more effectively, and make it easier to meet ongoing compliance requirements.

Identity Access Management (IAM) is a comprehensive framework for organizations to manage the identities and access of all their users, including, internal employees and external vendors. At Centric Consulting, our IAM consulting services go beyond just helping manage user credentials, they involve auditing access to systems, data, and applications across an organization to ensure access rights are consistent with roles, policies, and regulatory requirements.

Our primary focus is helping nail down all IAM processes before jumping into tool implementation — in fact, we don’t partner with any specific providers, giving us the ability to make truly unbiased recommendations based on what’s best for your company. IAM consulting services are ideal for organizations facing issues like:

  • Flagged Audit Findings: If your organization has been flagged for IAM-related deficiencies, we can provide remediation strategies to bring your systems back into compliance.
  • Tool Onboarding & Usage: Many businesses adopt IAM tools without a clear strategy, leading to inefficiencies and poor adoption. We help optimize your processes, ensuring your tools work for you, not against you.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Whether it’s meeting Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, healthcare regulations (HIPAA), or financial standards (FFIEC), we ensure your IAM framework meets all relevant compliance demands.
  • SOC 2 Certification: We guide companies through the SOC 2 certification process by ensuring their IAM controls align with security, availability, and confidentiality requirements, helping you prove your ability to safeguard sensitive data.

Investing in Security 

Companies with incident response (IR) teams and robust security testing save $248,000 per year on average, while those with IAM solutions save up to $223,000 each year, according to Security Intelligence. 

(Security Intelligence: Cost of a data breach 2024)

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company savings on average with an IAM solution

A Tailored Approach to IAM Consulting

It’s important to find an IAM service provider that can understand the compliance requirements and nuances of your specific organization. We take a completely customized approach to our IAM services. Plus, we’ve been doing identity management since the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley, so we’ve seen it all. 

Decades of Experience Across Multiple Sectors

We’ve been working in IAM since the early 2000s, helping companies implement access management solutions long before many others even realized the need. From Fortune 500 companies to heavily regulated industries like healthcare and financial services, we have extensive experience in designing and optimizing IAM programs that meet both security and regulatory demands.

 

Unbiased, Vendor-Agnostic Approach

Many firms approach IAM by pushing specific software solutions. We believe the tool should fit the process, not the other way around. Our focus is on designing a tailored IAM strategy for your organization, built around your unique requirements and long-term goals. We take a vendor-neutral stance, ensuring that your IAM framework is designed to serve your needs first — not the needs of a software provider.

Strategic Expertise Backed by Experience

Whether you’re dealing with a tangled legacy system or implementing a new IAM framework from scratch, we bring the depth of knowledge and hands-on experience needed to streamline complex identity management processes. Our team helps organizations avoid the common pitfalls of IAM implementation — such as over-permissioning or weak segregation of duties — by offering strategic guidance every step of the way.

CLIENT STORY

Enhancing Identity Access Management to Protect Critical Data

The client and their problem:

An international automobile finance company faced challenges managing its Identity Access Management (IAM) system, particularly with high employee turnover impacting their ability to secure sensitive data. As employees transitioned in and out of the company, outdated processes created risks in managing user access and permissions.

Our solution:

We identified several gaps in the company’s IAM processes and worked to develop standardized roles, recertification protocols, and security exception tracking. Our work included creating an IAM administrator role, centralizing access request processes, and delivering training to ensure long-term management.

The outcome:

The company improved its IAM security, minimized risk, and set a foundation for future IAM process automation. The result was a more secure, efficient system that better protects sensitive data in a high-turnover industry.

Contact us to learn how a modern IAM process can strengthen your security.

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Our IAM Consulting Services

We ensure smooth, secure access control during onboarding and offboarding processes, reducing risks from over-permissioning or unauthorized access.

We’ll create a system that automatically assigns the correct access rights to new employees or contractors and promptly revokes access when they leave or no longer need it.

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How Our IAM Consulting Process Works

We have worked with organizations like Ally Financial and BMW, demonstrating our ability to compete — and win — against larger consulting firms due to our process-driven, client-centric approach. We’ve successfully delivered IAM services that streamline access management, improve security, and ensure compliance for clients in highly regulated industries.

Our Identity Access Management consulting process is designed to address your organization’s specific challenges and goals:

1. Discovery and Gap Analysis: We begin by assessing your current IAM processes and identifying gaps in compliance, security, or operational efficiency. Whether you are managing users via spreadsheets or using outdated systems, our experts provide a clear roadmap for improvement.

2. Strategy and Design: Based on our analysis, we design an IAM strategy tailored to your business. This includes defining access policies, provisioning procedures, and privileged access management protocols. We focus on creating a process that can scale with your organization while staying compliant with regulatory requirements.

3. Tool Recommendations (Vendor-Agnostic): After the strategy is established, we recommend tools that align with your business needs. While we don’t perform tool implementation, we work closely with your team or third-party vendors to ensure that the chosen solution integrates smoothly with your existing infrastructure.

4. Continuous Optimization and Compliance Support: IAM isn’t a one-time project. As your organization evolves, so must your access management processes. We offer ongoing support to ensure your IAM strategy adapts to new threats, regulatory changes, and business goals.

Our experts can help you achieve the needed security posture that addresses today’s vast array of security threats.

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