Scientific Positioning and Research Approach

Researching information systems in organisations is a complex undertaking, involving people, organisational structures, and technologies. Furthermore, the research of IT security is, as initially stated, often times lacking adequate research designs when

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Denis Royer

Enterprise Identity Management Towards an Investment Decision Support Approach

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Enterprise Identity Management Towards an Investment Decision Support Approach

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Denis Royer Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Chair for Mobile Business & Multilateral Security Frankfurt Germany

ISBN 978-3-642-35039-9 ISBN 978-3-642-35040-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35040-5 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013932134 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

While administrating users’ access rights has been a major challenge since the introduction of multi-user systems, it has become even more complex with the multitude and diversity of information systems in today’s organisations – and there is no indication that this growth of complexity will end. Indeed, it is not only the sheer volume and complexity of many organisation’s information systems that creates the challenge; the mere complexity, dynamics, and volatility of the respective organisations themselves is already demanding: simply trying to enumerate all of th