For corporate entities, identity management is a method to control user access to critical information. Identity management systems provide tools and technologies to do this efficiently. The core objective of an identity management system (in a corporate setting) is to maintain, modify, and monitor one identity per individual across an entire enterprise – and to ensure compliance with corporate policies and government regulations. Your organization must leverage identity management methods to: To succeed with identity management, organizations must: "Single sign on" can be integrated with an Identity management solution to simplify user access to critical applications. In addition, the use of two-factor authentication/multi-factor authentication is also something that can be added to an identity management solution. This increases the security of logins by requiring a second item to gain access to an application or service.