THE Australian market for identity and access management (IAM) in Australia and New Zealand will enjoy compound annual growth of 13.1 per cent to reach US$189 million (A$196.8 million) in 2012, analysts say.

Research group IDC said customers would increasingly seek end-to-end solutions built on a common platform, providing strong integration, management, reporting, and workflow capabilities.

In 2007 the IAM marketing in Australia and New Zealand was worth US$89.4 million.

IDC said it expected a continued high level of vendor consolidation in the IAM market. Customers could expect to enjoy more aggressive competition for tenders and better solutions as a result

“Spending is expected to continue to be strong as organisations turn to IAM solutions to help manage risk, improve corporate oversight, protect assets, improve productivity, reduce cost and complexity, and enforce and simplify the compliance process,” said IDC ANZ’s security solutions senior analyst Patrik Bihammar.

“Key developments in the IAM market over the forecast period will include its role within the broader governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market; application-, service-, and user-centric identity management; and integration between IAM and security information and event management (SIEM), network access control (NAC), and system management solutions,” Bihammar said.