What does IAM mean for businesses today?

This week sees the launch of tenfold Connect Live, a specialist conference on Identity & Access Management (IAM).

The event focuses on IAM as a key cross-cutting issue in IT security, governance and compliance.

Although the event is organised by an IAM provider, the content focuses on a broad spectrum of technical challenges affecting a wide variety of organisations, which will be discussed there.

When? 5–6 May 2026
Where? Motorworld Cologne

What does IAM mean for businesses today?

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is now one of the central pillars of modern IT security.

It ensures that only the right people and devices are granted access to the right data and resources at the right time.

In this way, IAM protects against data misuse and unauthorised access, whilst also laying the groundwork for regulatory requirements such as data protection and secure audit logs.

IAM is also an indispensable component of the zero-trust approach: it verifies identities, authenticates and authorises access, thereby supporting the principle of ‘never trust, always verify’.

It ensures that only the right people and devices have access to the right data and resources at the right time.

In this way, IAM protects against data misuse and unauthorised access, whilst also laying the groundwork for regulatory requirements such as data protection and secure audit logs.

IAM is also an indispensable component of the zero-trust approach: it verifies identities, authenticates and authorises access, thereby supporting the principle of ‘never trust, always verify’.

This creates a security model that reduces the attack surface and provides long-term protection for corporate data.