AWS Identity & Access Management vs. RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

AWS Identity & Access Management is well suited to managing AWS application access between services. Very helpful for both third-party products and in-house developed software. Very happy with how easy it is to create access keys and then share them in our environment. AWS IAM can also be used to manage individual users, but I highly recommend using AWS SSO for that purpose instead. Much easier to deploy for console access and from a security side easier to turn off in one click from your SSO provider.

Incentivized

The RSA was originally brought in for 2-factor authentication, which was used in conjunction with our internal Active Directory. This allowed us to secure our remote user connections and our internal user connections for PCI access. Later we tied it into ISE for secure wireless access.

Incentivized

• Customized access per key to limit scope
• Safely distributes access keys
• Provides access audits

Incentivized

• Used in conjunction with our Active Directory for 2-factor authentication
• The virtual RSA token for multiple devices makes it easy to avoid needing a physical device
• The ability to leverage real-time analytics to identify when step-up is required

Incentivized

• Better integration with roles and policies so you don't need three windows open to create a new IAM user
• Display recommended configurations based on services being used
• Easier options to base config on existing users

Incentivized

• The support for new LDAP version(389-DS)

We would be unable to manage the interconnected nature of our AWS services without AWS IAM.

Incentivized

While we do not use Microsoft Azure for our servers and other customer-facing services. If we did, we would have to use Microsoft Azure Active Directory to manage access to services appropriately. It's difficult to quantify the differences between the services as they are truly different. I would recommend choosing AWS or Azure, then using the identity management provided by the same vendor.

Incentivized

The solution is stable and well supported.

• Without IAM, it would be difficult to use AWS across services. Increased ROI

Incentivized

• To be compliant with the Security Standards about the 2FA