Evaluation of Identity and Access Assurance Component Model Dimensions

The Identity and Access Assurance (IAA) Component Model provides a comprehensive view of identity and access management components at an executive level. Showing the current status of the IAA environment within an organisation allows strategic identity and access decisions to be made based on risk, compliance requirements and end user experience. The IAA component model dimension view provides a 3
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level of analysis, whereby the current state of an organisation is depicted based on an evaluation criterion. Evaluation criteria include concepts such as hot spots, maturity, technology gaps and compliance as base dimensions. Dimension attributes include concepts such as description, evaluation score, graphical representation and evaluation reference data. The lifecycle of data gathering, analysis and presentation requires a methodology to ensure the process is well defined and understood by all participating parties. This paper investigates different evaluation models that can be applied to the IAA Component Model to define the various dimensions of components. A methodology is suggested that will assist organisations in creating the dimensions for their IAA Component Model.