Perspectives

This section brings together selected perspectives from Arcalis Services on identity and access management, identity‑driven risk, and the decisions that shape IAM outcomes in complex and regulated environments.

Rather than providing commentary on technology trends or vendor announcements, these perspectives focus on how identity controls fail or succeed in practice — and what senior leaders need to consider when accountability, regulation, and real‑world threat exposure are involved.

The perspectives shared here are intentionally selective. They are published where a viewpoint materially clarifies risk, challenges assumptions, or defines how we approach identity as a primary control.

A practical definition of threat‑informed identity and access management, grounded in real attack behaviour rather than abstract best practice. This perspective explores why many IAM programmes pass audits yet fail under adversarial pressure, and how identity controls must be designed to hold when incidents occur.

Source: Medium
Author: Arcalis Services
Link: https://medium.com/@andrew.cant/what-threat-informed-iam-actually-means-and-why-it-matters-bb07cb31c20e

Additional perspectives may be added where they contribute meaningful clarity on IAM risk, governance, or architectural decision‑making. This section is not intended to be updated frequently.