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I'm a Principal Architect with 21 years in Identity and Access Management and two terms as Director of IT. I've worked in IT at Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, PwC, BNY and General Mills. I write about IAM and how people use policies, processes and systems, in that order, to control who gets access.

IAM Programs Fail in Year 2 When IT Owns the Decisions

November 10, 2026October 8, 2026 by William Beem, CISSP
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I’ve watched IAM programs survive year 2 only when business owners carry the access decisions instead of the IAM team.

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Your IAM Strategy Should Pick the System Last

November 9, 2026October 8, 2026 by William Beem, CISSP
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I build every IT outcome on people first, then policies, then processes, and only then systems, because reversing that order automates confusion.

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