identity and access management for the distribution of social grants in south africa
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an emerging solution for authenticating and authorising individuals. This begins with determining an individual's 'identity' through identification and verification processes. Then it becomes vital for every organisation or institution to authenticate these individuals and to authorise access to resources in addition to limiting risks. An empirical study was undertaken to elicit IAM challenges that occur within the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), which is responsible for the distribution of grants to underprivileged citizens. This paper presents the problems being experienced by SASSA and its stakeholders in the IAM domain and a possible solution to resolve a few of these problems. An important point noted during this case study was that IAM increases the need for the federation of databases so as to ensure ease of use and single sign-on (SSO), as well as improving the security processes.
identity and access management authentication authorisation