Understanding Identity and Access Management (IAM)

**Executive summary:** This article explains Identity and Access Management (IAM) fundamentals, components, and best practices, and introduces SOCRadar's Identity Access Intelligence enhancements—including Company Insight Intelligence, Attack Flow Visualization, File Insight, Tag Insight, SOCRadar Copilot, and password strength validation—to help organizations detect exposed credentials, investigate compromise paths, and prioritize access-related risk.