{"id":7532,"date":"2022-08-26T19:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T02:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strata.io\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2023-10-06T08:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:08:54","slug":"iam-budget-in-a-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strata.io\/blog\/identity-access-management\/iam-budget-in-a-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make the most out of your 2023 IAM budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8820″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The possibility of a recession is causing the C-suite to re-evaluate spending priorities. Like many IT leaders, you may fear that your Identity and Access Management (IAM) budget is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n
However, as identity-based threats increase, so do your team’s demands.<\/p>\n
Securing your organization is of the utmost importance, and identity is the most critical piece of your security posture. You need to keep your IAM budget from getting axed, but how do you do that under the shadow of economic uncertainty?<\/p>\n
The key to protecting your budget is to be clear about each line item’s value to the organization. According to Gartner,<\/a> business executives are still willing to provide funding if they see how digital solutions can reduce costs and help spur growth \u2014 even during a recession.<\/p>\n Decision-makers must understand that now isn\u2019t the time to cut the budget but rather to invest in IAM. Or risk lagging and scrambling when the economy rebounds. Here\u2019s how to do that.<\/p>\n “Know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.\u201d – General Sun Tzu.<\/p>\n It may be a stretch to call your CIO or CISO your enemy (and please never do it to their face), but the advice is still relevant. By understanding how your boss is thinking and what matters to them, you\u2019ll be better equipped to position your IAM budget priorities to be in alignment with theirs.<\/p>\n Start with the overarching objectives that your IT leaders want to achieve for your organization. A 2022 Forrester study<\/a>\u00a0shows the top IT investment priorities for IT decision-makers are:<\/p>\n According to Flexera research<\/a>, the top three spending challenges include: too many manual processes, increased vendor prices, and ensuring spending efficiency (avoiding waste or overlap).<\/p>\n In 2023, it will be essential to find ways to reduce unnecessary spending to maximize your IAM budget \u2014 especially if your company finds itself amidst a recession.<\/p>\n While most organizations expect to increase their IT budgets for 2023, they\u2019re also struggling to gain control of their spending. As companies double down on projects related to CIAM and modernization, they come up against manual processes that hamper those efforts.<\/p>\n The name of the game is strategic cost optimization<\/a>, says Gartner, and executives say \u201cto prepare to live in an environment of trade-offs.\u201d Your priorities need to be to:<\/p>\n When the purse strings are getting tighter, it\u2019s time to get savvy with your priorities. Here are some ways to save money and make the most out of your IAM budget across your software spending to get the most out of your investments.<\/p>\n The traditional model of charging for IT services and software products is based on the number of site licenses you purchase. In this subscription pricing model, you pay a recurring monthly fee determined when you purchased the software.<\/p>\n Subscription pricing is convenient because it\u2019s predictable from month to month. Unfortunately, you often end up spending more than you need to.<\/p>\n Consumption or usage-based pricing only charges you for what you use. According to an IDC survey, 61% of enterprises<\/a> actively pursue consumption pricing for the technology services they purchase.<\/p>\n Benefits of usage-based pricing include:<\/p>\n Cloud providers seem to be adopting consumption pricing, and it shouldn\u2019t be difficult to find vendors willing to offer a usage-based rate.<\/p>\n Legacy systems are aging quickly, especially as modernization to the cloud gains more ground. Your legacy systems are approaching their end of life<\/a>, and you could get stuck with lock-in fees if you don\u2019t get out in time.<\/p>\n These legacy systems<\/a> will continue to release new service packs. Still, the new updates will eventually have a financial burden that locks you into a system that has outlived its value. Avoid wasted costs by planning your migration to the cloud before the financial impact hinders your budget.<\/p>\n If you have multiple clouds, you\u2019ve probably noticed the inefficiencies that have cropped up \u2014 notably identity silos. Multi-cloud brings advantages, but identity silos can introduce inefficiencies and complexities that affect your IT spending.<\/p>\n It may be tempting to try to fix this problem with centralizing your IDPs, but centralization doesn\u2019t work anymore because the identities are already all over the place, and trying to back in time won\u2019t fix that. Alternatively, a solution could be to replace your system with another one, but that is a huge cost and time suck and would set you back big time.<\/p>\n Instead, maximize your investment in the systems you already have. Our customers have solved the issue by using orchestration to integrate all of their identity providers. The abstraction layer integrates your IDPs and clouds so that you can use all the systems you already have and get more value out of each.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no costly manual refactoring, and changes can be made virtually on the fly. The result is an optimized multi-cloud identity system that eliminates expensive investments from your budget and helps you leverage your existing technology as much as possible.<\/p>\n There\u2019s still uncertainty about whether we\u2019ll see a recession in the coming months, but smart IT leaders aren\u2019t waiting to find out. Plan now for budget challenges and adopt innovative ways to get the most out of your IAM budget. Learn more about maximizing your identity management dollars \u2014 download Strata\u2019s guide, The Return on Investment of Identity Modernization & Legacy IDP Migration.\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8820″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The possibility of a recession is causing the C-suite to re-evaluate spending priorities. Like many IT leaders, you may fear that your Identity and Access Management (IAM) budget is in jeopardy. However, as identity-based threats increase, so do your team’s demands. Securing your organization is of the utmost importance, and identity is the…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnderstanding your CIO\u2019s challenges & priorities<\/h2>\n
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How to make the most out of your IAM budget<\/h2>\n
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Look for technology with consumption-based pricing<\/h3>\n
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Migrate off legacy identity systems for good<\/h3>\n
Invest in the systems you already have<\/h3>\n
Maximize your identity dollars<\/h2>\n