Business requirements

A business needs agreement on its security requirements before implementing the processes that IBM Security Identity Manager provides.

For example, requirement definitions might answer these questions.

• What groups of IBM Security Identity Manager users are there?
• What information does each user group need to see?
• What tasks do the users in each group need to do?
• What roles do users perform in the organization?
• Which access rights need definition?
• What working relationships exist that require some users to have different authority levels?
• How can prevention and auditing provide remedies for activity that does not comply with established policies?

To meet common business needs, a business might frequently have several groups, such as a manager, a help desk assistant, an auditor group. The business might have customized groups that do a more expanded or limited set of tasks.

Parent topic: System security overview