Challenges of workforce IAM
UX and password fatigue
Password fatigue is a real problem. Users are overwhelmed by too many passwords, leading to dangerous habits like reusing weak passwords or writing them down, which creates a huge security risk.
Lifecycle management
Slow onboarding and poor off-boarding create a major security risk and a heavy administrative burden. These inadequate lifecycle management practices delay productivity and leave access vulnerabilities long after employees are gone.
Over permissioned employee = attack target
Unnecessary employee access, increases the attack surface for insider threats and data leaks. This practice also complicates security audits and regulatory compliance, risking fines and reputational harm.
Managing a remote workforce
The traditional security perimeter is gone. Now a zero-trust security model and adaptive authentication are needed to help manage the complexity and risk of remote workers and BYOD environments.
Disparate systems
Managing disparate systems is tough because they create "identity silos" that fragment user information. This makes it hard to consistently manage access, leading to security risks and a poor experience for everyone.
Insider threats
Insider threats are tough to stop because they come from authorized users with legitimate access. This makes it hard to tell malicious actions from normal behavior, creating security blind spots.
Why Ory for workforce IAM?
Ory offers a modern approach - secure and seamless UX, granular permissions, and an API-first approach. Own your workforce IAM.
Remove log-in friction and improve security
Social logins, passkeys, SSO, passwordless, WebAuthn, adaptive auth enable you to secure partner access without adding interruptions.
Mitigate risk with granular permissions
Ory provides precise, least-privilege access with flexible policies, centralizing authorization into one platform that allows you to add rules without changing application code.
Own your authentication flows
Ory alternatives force you to build authentication their way with proprietary software. Ory gives you the freedom to build it your way and provides user telemetry to make it better.
Take a headless, API-first approach
By decoupling the UI from the backend, we provide unmatched flexibility, performance, and security, allowing developers to create across any platform.
Global compliance without the hassle
Global database replication keeps partner data consistent and unified across all regions, eliminating synchronization issues and providing a single point of administration.
Deployment flexibility - your choice
From Self-hosted to SaaS, Ory provides the same functionality. Start one way and evolve to another, with Ory you have choice and versatility in how you implement.
Ory helped Lumin protect its users' data and ensure compliance globally.
"We still firmly believe that Ory's the best identity management and authentication platform out there on the market." - Max Ferguson, Founder and CEO, Lumin
Deploy it your way
Self-hosted to SaaS: full control over your infrastructure, data, and compliance.
Open Source Deployment — Run and try Ory’s Open Source components with maximum flexibility. Perfect to meet your specific use-cases or proof-of-concept your next big idea. 
Ory Enterprise License
OEL Deployment — Leverage Ory's optimized code base with premium support for mission-critical production environments, on-prem, self-hosted – wherever else you need it, always up to date. 
Ory Network
Ory Network deployment — Enable your instant-on global identity system with speed, security, compliance and support for fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership.
Dive deeper into specific topics
Modular and modern IAM & CIAM
Open-source powered, fully customizable Identity and Access Management solutions. Use them all or bolt-on individual solutions to satisfy your critical use cases
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Certified® OpenID Connect server — Cloud native, security-first, headless API security for your infrastructure. 
Cloud native user management system — Provision IDs, store user information, configure authentication methods and use a headless API. 
SAML to OpenID Connect bridge and Directory Sync — API integration for Enterprise SSO and user lifecycle management based on SAML, OIDC, and SCIM-based protocols. 
Identity and Access Proxy (IAP) — Authenticate, authorize and mutate any incoming traffic, using Zero Trust / BeyondCorp as open source. 
Authorization Server inspired by Google Zanzibar — Consistent, global Authorization System, providing granular access policies with RBAC, ABAC and ACL.
