Worldwide Identity and Access Management Market Shares, 2017: Establishing Identity Is Necessary for Digital Trust

Worldwide Identity and Access Management Market Shares, 2017: Establishing Identity Is Necessary for Digital Trust

This IDC study examines the market share of IAM vendors in 2017, market developments, and who shaped the year."The market has matured, moving beyond the delivery-based discussion of identity as a service (IDaaS) and onto addressing the use case needs of customers," says Frank Dickson, research vice president for Security Products at IDC. "2018 brings the day of reckoning that we have feared. GDPR goes into effect in May 2018. The 'once in a decade' compliance standard is big, mean, and has teeth; it's only the start. Dealing with privacy-driven compliance standards is the new reality for identity professionals."