Treasury Department's next-generation ICAM: From identity verification to contextual interpretation
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The article discusses the evolution of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) at the U.S. Treasury Department, highlighting how ICAM has become a critical control layer in federal IT. It focuses on Treasury's unique challenges in managing identity across its complex digital ecosystem, particularly through the IRS, and argues that next-generation ICAM should move beyond simple identity verification to continuously interpret identity activity in context.
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· 3 pulledIdentity, credential and access management (ICAM) has become one of the most important control layers in federal IT.
Across government, agencies rely on ICAM to secure access, enforce policy and support digital service delivery in increasingly complex environments.
The next generation of ICAM should do more than verify identity. It should continuously interpret identity activity in context.
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