Future Ready Identity Management

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, granular access control is no longer optional – it’s essential for organizational success. Businesses need to protect sensitive information, adhere to changing regulations, and ensure users can access the tools they need, all while juggling complex IT systems. As organizations grow, legacy identity management systems, like SAP IDM, often struggle to keep pace, resulting in mounting challenges and escalating costs. These challenges can include scalability issues, a lack of support for modern cloud environments and SaaS applications, and difficulty complying with evolving security regulations. This can lead to security vulnerabilities, increased administrative overhead, and a hindrance to digital transformation initiatives.

As SAP IDM reaches end-of-life, this presents an opportunity for customers to transition to a modern identity governance solution. Omada Identity Cloud offers a seamless migration path, allowing customers to leverage their existing expertise while gaining the benefits of a Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. This brief explores why Omada Identity Cloud is the ideal choice for SAP IDM users looking to navigate this transition and ensure their identity management strategy is future-ready.

The Limitations of SAP IDM

Beyond the looming EoL migration deadline, SAP IDM users face a range of limitations that make the case for moving to a modern IGA solution even stronger. Let’s explore the key reasons why transitioning to a solution like Omada Identity Cloud is the smart choice.

The Inability to Meet the Needs of Hybrid Enterprises

While SAP IDM served its purpose in the past, it no longer meets the demands of today’s dynamic IT landscape. Its architecture lacks the agility and scalability required for modern hybrid and cloud-based environments. Businesses needing to adapt and grow can find themselves limited by SAP IDM’s rigidity. Customizations, intended to address functionality gaps, frequently become complex and difficult to manage, resulting in a tangled web of workarounds.

Upgrading SAP IDM is also challenging. The process can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, requiring significant staff investment and potentially delaying critical IT initiatives. The upgrade process further hinders agility, making it difficult for businesses to quickly respond to evolving security threats and changing business needs.

The regulatory landscape surrounding data security is constantly shifting, with new compliance requirements emerging at an ever-increasing pace. SAP IDM struggles to keep up with this constant evolution. Its rigid architecture often lacks the flexibility to adapt to new compliance mandates, leading to security teams scrambling to implement manual workarounds or costly additional solutions to bridge compliance gaps. These stopgap measures add complexity to the system, further hindering manageability and increasing the risk of human error. Ultimately, SAP IDM’s limitations can leave organizations exposed to potential fines and reputational damage in the event of a compliance violation.

The Omada Identity Cloud Advantage

Omada Identity Cloud is the clear choice for organizations looking for a comprehensive, full-featured IGA solution. Omada’s cloud-native design delivers unmatched scalability and agility, empowering organizations to adapt to evolving security threats and compliance requirements. With its intuitive interface and user-friendly customization options, Omada reduces reliance on complex workarounds. This translates to a future-ready identity management strategy that minimizes risk and enables businesses to thrive in the ever-changing digital landscape.

Our Differentiation

1. Full-featured IGA: Highest governance and audit capabilities in the industry with comprehensive audit and risk management features
2. Ability to configure without code: Configure the solution to your needs without the risks and costs of heavy customization, ensuring faster implementation, easier upgrades, and long-term stability
3. Enterprise-grade cloud management portal: Easily control production and non-production environments, monitor metrics, and control upgrades with ease
4. Closed Loop compliance: Compliance workbench with a drill-down actionable dashboard and Control Policies that monitor the system, detect risks, and remediate issues
5. Extensible Data Model: A completely customer-driven, composable data model to represent every identity under management
6. Connectivity Framework: Standards-based framework leveraging SCIM, OData, REST, SOAP, and SQL to enable fast connectivity of systems
7. 99.9% Cloud Uptime: Omada Identity Cloud has the highest availability for the SaaS Identity Governance market
8. Best Practices Based Deployment in 12 weeks: Leveraging a best practice framework based on a proven record of successful implementations with emphasis on faster time to value

Simplified Compliance

Omada Identity Cloud’s robust suite of features is specifically designed to streamline adherence to ever-evolving regulations. The Omada Compliance Workbench acts as the central hub, providing complete visibility into the compliance posture of all onboarded systems delivering valuable insights that can be actioned directly from the dashboard. This real-time view allows security teams to identify and address potential gaps before they become critical issues. Omada Identity Cloud goes beyond visibility with built-in controls and automation tools that enforce separation of duties (SoD) and ensure user access aligns with regulatory requirements. This comprehensive approach to compliance management reduces risk, minimizes the burden on security teams, and fosters a culture of proactive security within organizations.

Multi-Layered Approach to Security

Omada Identity Cloud enables organizations to build a robust security posture with a multi-layered approach. Granular access control policies ensure users only have the permissions they need, minimizing the attack surface. Advanced role and policy capabilities can ensure the right people have the right access for the right period of time and without configuration drift. Additionally, Omada allows administrators to easily detect and enforce SoD policies. This layered approach to security minimizes the risk of unauthorized access, data breaches, and insider threats, keeping sensitive information safe.

Automation Capabilities That Optimize Efficiency

Manual, time-consuming tasks like user provisioning, access requests, and lifecycle management have become a thing of the past with Omada Identity Cloud’s robust automation capabilities. Automated workflows handle repetitive tasks with precision, freeing up IT teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. Streamlined user onboarding ensures new employees have the access they need from day one, improving productivity and reducing reliance on the help desk. This automation translates to significant efficiency gains, allowing IT teams to do more with less and empowering organizations to operate at peak performance.

App Integration Made Easy

Omada Identity Cloud simplifies the integration process. Forget custom coding; Omada enables organizations to integrate with hundreds of business-critical applications and systems without writing any code. Pre-built connectors streamline the process, allowing businesses to easily connect to popular HR, SaaS, and CRM solutions. Omada Identity Cloud simplifies the journey to a unified identity fabric, strengthening security, streamlining administration, and accelerating digital transformation initiatives.

Leverage the power of Omada Identity Cloud while maintaining your SAP environment. Omada seamlessly integrates with core business applications like CRM, Concur, HANA, and ERP, ensuring a smooth transition. Additionally, authoritative systems like SuccessFactors remain accessible for user provisioning and access management. This means you can continue leveraging your SAP ecosystem without compromising functionality or disrupting established workflows.

Omada Identity Cloud simplifies the entire identity lifecycle management process with features like automation capabilities, seamless integrations, and SoD policies.

Why Alternative IGA Solutions Fall Short

While some IGA vendors may appear attractive on the surface, their limitations can quickly become roadblocks for businesses seeking a truly comprehensive identity management solution. These limitations can not only hinder security practices but also restrict an organization’s ability to adapt to evolving needs and regulations. Let’s explore some of these limitations and see how Omada Identity Cloud offers a future-ready solution that empowers organizations to thrive.

No Identities, Just Users

One of the most critical limitations of light IGA solutions lies in their fundamental approach to identities. Unlike Omada Identity Cloud, which recognizes the distinction between user accounts, entitlements, and identities, these vendors treat everything as a simple “user.” This 1:1 mapping creates a significant roadblock for organizations that expect a many-to-one identity management model where they rely on a tiering model for access control. A proper tiering system assigns users to different access levels based on their roles and privileges. However, with a system that only recognizes users, implementing security measures like SoD policies becomes nearly impossible. This rigidity can lead to major headaches in access governance, ultimately weakening an organization’s security posture.

The Hidden Costs of Custom Code

While some IGA vendors tout customizability as a benefit, the reality can be a hidden cost nightmare. These solutions often require extensive coding for even basic configuration changes, creating a heavy reliance on a dedicated developer team. To make matters worse, some vendors enforce a costly review process for all custom code before deployment. This process delays implementation and adds another layer of financial burden that can quickly erode the supposed value of “customizable” solutions. Omada Identity Cloud takes a different approach. Its intuitive interface empowers administrators to configure the system without writing a single line of code. This user-friendly approach reduces reliance on developers, minimizes ongoing costs, and allows businesses to adapt their identity management strategy quickly and efficiently.

Not All SaaS IGA Solutions Are Created Equal

While some IGA vendors may offer a cloud-hosted deployment option, their architecture might not truly embrace the inherent scalability of the cloud. This can present a major challenge for businesses looking to grow. As an organization expands and access needs become more complex, some IGA vendors force customers to abandon the cloud entirely and revert to an on-premises deployment. This not only undermines the cost and agility benefits of cloud computing but also disrupts IT infrastructure and adds unnecessary complexity. Omada Identity Cloud, on the other hand, is built for the cloud from the ground up. This scalable architecture effortlessly adapts to changing needs, ensuring that a business’s identity management solution remains agile and efficient as the organization thrives.

Conclusion

With SAP IDM approaching its end-of-life, it’s time to transition to a future-ready solution. Omada Identity Cloud offers unparalleled scalability and flexibility, enabling organizations to stay ahead of evolving security threats and compliance requirements. With intuitive automation and seamless integration—no complex coding required—you can streamline IT operations and enhance efficiency. Don’t settle for outdated systems. Migrate to Omada Identity Cloud and secure a modern, future-ready identity management strategy.

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