Why IAM and IGA Programs Are Essential for Every Organization

Mark Cox, CIDPRO
AVP, Strategic IAM Advisory Services

In today’s digital-first world, organizations must navigate an increasingly complex security landscape while ensuring seamless access to critical resources. Cyber threats, regulatory pressures, and operational inefficiencies demand a structured and secure approach to identity management.
This is where Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) come into play. However, not all IAM/IGA solutions are created equal. Many products offer basic security features but fall short when it comes to scalability, sustainability, and long-term efficiency.
With Fischer Identity, you get a fully configurable, future-proof IAM/IGA solution that not only meets today’s needs but is built for long-term success, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
1. Strengthening Security & Protecting Sensitive Data
Cybercriminals increasingly target identity-based attacks, with stolen credentials being one of the most common causes of data breaches. Without a strong IAM/IGA framework, organizations leave themselves vulnerable to unauthorized access.
How Fischer Identity Enhances Security:
- Restricts access to sensitive data—ensuring only authorized users can access specific resources.
- Implements Zero Trust principles—never assuming trust and verifying identities continuously.
- Minimizes attack surfaces—enforcing least privilege access and reducing over-provisioning.
- Identity Claim Technology—ensures compliance with NIST Level of Assurance (LoA) guidelines, supporting remote onboarding without security risks.
Most IAM solutions lack strong identity verification mechanisms that support remote users. Fischer Identity goes beyond basic authentication to ensure your users are who they say they are—no matter where they’re logging in from.
2. Meeting Regulatory Compliance & Avoiding Fines
Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, and NIST 800-171 demand strict identity controls and governance. Many IAM solutions claim to support compliance but lack the granular control and reporting tools needed for audit readiness.
How Fischer Identity Helps with Compliance:
- Ensures full compliance with regulatory mandates by automating governance processes.
- Provides Identity Claim verification to support strong identity proofing requirements.
- Automates audit trails, reporting, and real-time access reviews.
- Supports federated identity models for multi-tenant and hybrid IT environments.
Unlike other IAM solutions, Fischer Identity fully supports compliance-driven access control models and dynamic policy enforcement, ensuring your organization meets regulatory requirements with minimal manual effort.
3. Eliminating Role Bloat & Improving Operational Efficiency
Traditional role-based access control (RBAC) models often lead to role bloat—an overwhelming number of roles that make governance unmanageable. Many IAM solutions don’t offer a way to dynamically adjust access without manual intervention.
How Fischer Identity Prevents Role Bloat & Optimizes Efficiency:
- Dynamic Access Controls—allows real-time, attribute-based adjustments to user access, reducing unnecessary roles.
- Cross-Access Model Functionality—flexibly combines role-based (RBAC), attribute-based (ABAC), and policy-based access controls (PBAC) allowing for the most complex authorization scenarios.
- Automates user provisioning & de-provisioning, ensuring access is granted and revoked dynamically, in a live fashion, based on user attributes.
- Reduces IT workload—eliminating manual access requests, role cleanups, and approval bottlenecks.
Fischer Identity’s Dynamic Access Controls prevent role creep and ensure your access models remain clean, scalable, and easy to manage—something few IAM/IGA solutions can achieve.
4. Seamless User Experience & Cloud Flexibility
IAM should enhance productivity, not create roadblocks. Many IAM providers force organizations into on-premises OR cloud solutions with separate code bases—causing integration issues and deployment headaches.
How Fischer Identity Delivers Flexibility & Scalability:
- Same Code Base for On-Prem & Cloud Deployments—whether you host Fischer Identity on-premises, in a private cloud, or fully SaaS, you get the same secure, scalable solution.
- No Custom Code Required—EVER—configuration-only design ensures seamless upgrades, reduced maintenance, and lower operational costs.
- Supports Single Sign-On (SSO) & Passwordless Authentication, reducing password fatigue for employees.
- Enables seamless access across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments for employees, contractors, and partners.
Unlike other IAM solutions that require custom scripts, custom built modules, middleware, or third-party integrations, Fischer Identity is fully configurable—so you’ll never have to worry about costly code maintenance or compatibility issues during upgrades.
5. Continuous Improvement with Managed Identity Services
Many organizations lack the resources to continuously monitor and optimize IAM solutions. Often, IT teams are forced to manage IAM alongside other critical IT projects, leading to delays, inefficiencies, and security gaps.
How Fischer Identity’s Managed Identity Services Set You Free:
- Fischer Identity manages IAM for you, ensuring continuous performance, security, and compliance.
- Reduces IT burden, allowing your team to focus on other strategic initiatives.
- Provides proactive monitoring & optimization, identifying and resolving potential issues before they become security risks.
- Eliminates the need for in-house IAM expertise, making IAM sustainable and cost-effective.
With Fischer’s Managed Identity Services, organizations can ensure their IAM solution runs smoothly and securely—without requiring constant hands-on management.
Final Thoughts: Why Fischer Identity is the Right IAM/IGA Solution for You
Most IAM/IGA solutions provide basic governance, provisioning, and authentication, but they fall short when it comes to long-term efficiency, scalability, and sustainability.
With Fischer Identity, you get:
- Industry-leading security with Identity Claim verification for NIST Identity Level of Assurance compliance & remote onboarding.
- Dynamic Access Controls that eliminate role bloat and support hybrid access models.
- Same code base for on-prem and cloud, ensuring deployment flexibility and simplified upgrades.
- Configuration-only architecture, eliminating custom code dependencies and upgrade challenges.
- Managed Identity Services, freeing your IT team to focus on other priorities while Fischer Identity ensures continuous IAM optimization.
Fischer Identity isn’t just another IAM provider—it’s the trusted partner your organization needs to ensure security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Are you ready to future-proof your IAM strategy? Let’s start building a more secure, compliant, and scalable identity governance program today!
Contact Fischer Identity today to schedule a consultation!