"According to Gartner IT Glossary (2012), "identity and access management (lAM) is the security discipline that enabled the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons." Simply put, it is making sure your users are who they say they are and only have access to what you want them to have access to. In addition to preventing unauthorised parties from exploiting your organisation 's resources, lAM technologies can help manage subscriptions to online resources where cost is based on the number of users accessing protected content." (p.2)