User Lifecycle Management: The Complete Enterprise Guide
Managing user access across multiple cloud apps can be a challenging task, especially for IT teams. Every time an employee joins, changes their roles, or leaves your organization, as an IT admin, you need to make sure they have the correct access and remove it when they no longer require it.
If you miss a single step, you put your organisation’s security at risk. That’s why you need SaaS management software to take full control of your company’s User Lifecycle Management (ULM).
At CloudFuze, we offer an industry-leading SaaS management platform, CloudFuze Manage, which helps you control access at every stage of the user journey while saving your time and reducing human errors.
In this blog post, we will explore more about what User Lifecycle Management is.
What is User Lifecycle Management?
User Lifecycle Management is the process of governing an employee’s entire journey in your organization from the day they join to the day they leave.
Studies reveal that it takes an average of 2 full days to deactivate a departing employee’s access manually. In companies with 2,500 or more employees, this can stretch to 50 hours, and 42% of IT teams require even longer. This delayed deprovisioning can further lead to data breaches and security threats.
In order to overcome these limitations, it’s recommended to have a dedicated SaaS management solution (CloudFuze Manage) to oversee your company’s user lifecycle.
To know fully about user management, check out our guide: SaaS User Management: An Expert Guide for Modern Businesses.
Essential Components of User Lifecycle Management
| Components | Description |
|---|---|
| Identity and Access Management (IAM) | Admins usually control who can access what by assigning roles and implementing security policies across your SaaS ecosystem. |
| User Management | IT teams in your organization create, update, and delete user accounts across all systems. |
| Automated Onboarding and Offboarding | Companies save time and reduce manual errors by automating account provisioning and deprovisioning. |
Why Does Your Business Need a User Lifecycle Management Solution?
If your business manages the users manually, you’ll face the following consequences:
- SaaS security risks due to leaving old accounts active or giving the wrong access to employees.
- Compliance threats arise without proper monitoring, making it difficult to meet audit and regulatory requirements.
- Delayed business workflows caused by slow employee onboarding and offboarding frustrate employees and waste their time.
- Unused licenses pile up and increase your software expenses.
How CloudFuze Manage Simplifies User Lifecycle Management for Large Enterprises?
Our feature-rich SaaS management platform makes User Lifecycle Management (ULM) easy for your enterprise by:
- Automating Onboarding and Offboarding
You can instantly provision or deprovision accounts across all your SaaS apps in a single platform without switching multiple tabs.
A) Onboarding: Large enterprises can quickly onboard their users, assign roles, and configure permissions with our tool’s unified Workflow dashboard.
B) Offboarding: IT departments can safely offboard users by revoking employee access instantly and reclaiming those licenses effectively with our tool.
- Centralizing Identity and Access Management
You can easily sync user data from your Entra ID for accurate role-based access.
- One-Click Account Provisioning and Deprovisioning
Large enterprises like yours can assign or revoke employee access in seconds.
- Ensuring Compliance
Audit-conscious companies can download detailed logs for audits and compliance requirements.
- Optimizing SaaS Licenses
IT admins can identify and reclaim unused SaaS licenses in a single, intuitive dashboard and further reduce SaaS spending by up to 30%.
With CloudFuze Manage, you can eliminate manual IT work and give your employees a smooth onboarding experience from day one.
Your Smarter User Lifecycle Management Begins with CloudFuze Manage
User Lifecycle Management is important for maintaining your organization’s security and for enhancing workflow efficiency. When you automate processes like IAM, onboarding, and offboarding, you save time, reduce SaaS security risks, and improve your SaaS operations.
And we at CloudFuze make the entire user lifecycle management process hassle-free for over 50 major SaaS apps (Google Workspace, Atlassian, Zoom, and more).
CloudFuze’s SaaS management platform allows large enterprises to simplify user lifecycle management without writing a single line of code.
Contact us to schedule your free demo now!
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How long does it typically take you to implement CloudFuze Manage for mid-size and large enterprises?
You can start using our SaaS management platform instantly because it’s a cloud-based platform. Simply sign in, connect your apps, and configure workflows (no lengthy setup or installation required). Most enterprises go live the same day.
2. What is the pricing structure (per user, per connector, tiered), and what cost savings benchmarks can enterprises expect?
CloudFuze Manage offers a tiered pricing model based on the number of users. You pay only for the users and typically save up to 30% on SaaS spend through SaaS license optimization and automated user deprovisioning.
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