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Identity Governance Defined

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Identity Governance has emerged as a critical building block in enterprise Information Technology (IT) automation, in enterprise security, and in corporate compliance management. It provides a framework for controlling user access and ultimately helping to reduce overall operational risk. Fortunately, there is a good degree of industry consensus around what identity governance means, so for the purpose of this book, we offer the following summary definition:

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Haber, M.J., Rolls, D. (2020). Identity Governance Defined. In: Identity Attack Vectors. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5165-2_6

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