Readiness Assessment

Is it possible to know where you are going tomorrow if you don’t know where you are today?  Implementing an identity solution can provide significant benefits to an organization if it actually addresses the identity related challenges faced by the organization – both today and as they evolve over time. An Identity Solution Readiness Assessment establishes the baseline from which an identity solution roadmap can be developed. It lays out the business context, identifies the business objectives and specific requirements, and gathers the required metrics to build the business case for any given identity solution. Avaleris’ Readiness Assessment services are designed to assess the capability of an organization and its IT infrastructure to integrate new Identity solutions and technologies. The goal is to develop a series of recommendations to improve an organization’s identity assurance policies, identity management processes, technology infrastructure and develop the business case and road map to proceed.

An Identity Solution Readiness Assessment typically includes:

• Developing an understanding of the business context in which the identity solution operates;
• A baseline review of business requirements related to user identities;
• A review of current Identity related policies and processes such as user registration, user provisioning and access control management;
• A review and assessment of the organizations current technologies and their relative strengths and weaknesses within the context of an identity solution;
• Modeling of current identity related infrastructure and operational costs;
• Identification of areas of business benefits and potential cost savings;  and
• Development of an Identity Solution Roadmap.

The value of Avaleris’ Readiness Assessment service offering is that it provides the catalyst for moving an organization from Identity Chaos towards Identity Utopia. Once developed, the readiness assessment can be used as the basis for a business case or as the primary input into a solutions architecture and design.