Capterra Glossary
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Customer identity and access management (CIAM) involves the authentication and authorization of customer identities. CIAM is essential for protecting people’s identities from hackers and other bad actors. It also controls a client’s access to online applications and services.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Businesses of all sizes need to ensure the safe usage of their websites. CIAM solutions include registration, preference management, customer registration, and more. Security features such as multi-factor authentication and single sign-on help protect a business’s website as well as the consumer’s account and private information.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy