Workforce Access

Workforce Access refers to the methods, technologies, and policies that organizations use to help employees and partners securely access the systems, applications, and data they need to perform their jobs. Historically, workforce access was designed primarily for in-person employees working on managed devices within corporate networks. Over time, the emergence of a remote-first workforce, hybrid work technology, and widespread cloud adoption has fundamentally changed how and where work occurs. Today’s workforce includes employees who work from home, work on the go, and work from anywhere, in addition to those who remain primarily on-site, and all of these employees require reliable, secure access to business-critical systems.

As organizations evolved to support remote workforce access, they also had to rethink how they deploy and secure access at scale. Deploying tools to a remote workforce and making tools available to remote employees introduces new challenges around identity, authentication, and visibility that do not disappear for hybrid or in-person staff. Solutions for managing remote accounts, managing credentials for remote workforce users, and extending access management for remote employees are needed across all workforce types, including third-party vendors and contractors. As a result, many organizations seek one platform to manage credentials for employees and vendors, as this reduces costs and IT burden while supporting consistent access policies across all environments.

Effective Workforce Access strategies focus on several key areas of access management, each delivering measurable benefits to the business. These commonly include multifactor authentication (MFA) to reduce credential-based attacks, single sign-on to simplify user access and improve productivity, and centralized identity controls to support managing credentials for remote workforce users at scale. Organizations also rely on remote support tools to assist distributed staff without weakening security controls. Together, these capabilities help organizations support work-from-home, hybrid, and in-person workforce models while strengthening security, improving user experience, and maintaining consistent governance across cloud, on-premises, and remote systems.

Imprivata supports modern Workforce Access by helping organizations secure access across diverse workforce models through Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM). EAM enables organizations to standardize access management for remote employees and on-site staff alike, supporting secure and streamlined access workflows, passwordless authentication, and centralized credential management from a single platform. By aligning security controls with how people actually work today, Imprivata helps organizations reduce risk, simplify operations, and deliver secure, efficient access for a workforce that increasingly expects convenient, flexible digital tools.