{"id":7058,"date":"2024-11-08T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=7058"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:08:42","slug":"elements-iam-administrator-role-existing-administrators-can-claim-the-new-role","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/announcements\/elements-iam-administrator-role-existing-administrators-can-claim-the-new-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements IAM administrator role \u2013 Existing administrators can claim the new role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/31409-elements-iam-administrator-role-available-in-self-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">Recently<\/a>, we announced a new role for WithSecure Elements called \u201c<strong>Identity and Access Management<\/strong>\u00a0(IAM)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to announce that this role can now be claimed by existing users who already have full administration rights to all organization resources. This &#8220;claim&#8221; functionality will be available until <strong>30 April 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After<\/strong> April 2025\u00a0all IAM related activities, such as account creation or assigning roles, will <strong>only be available for users who have the new IAM role<\/strong>. To get the IAM role after April 2025, customers should contact their WithSecure Sales partner in the first instance, or WithSecure Support.<\/p>\n<p>When a user logs into the WithSecure Elements Security Center, the system will check if they already have the needed access rights, and will be prompted to \u201cclaim\u201d the new IAM role where applicable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"entry-image display-large float-none\"><a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/picture1-20.png.webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/picture1-20.png.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/picture1-20.png.webp 601w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/picture1-20-300x62.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/picture1-20-447x92.png.webp 447w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"Picture1.png\" height=\"124\" width=\"601\" loading=\"lazy\" data-display-size=\"large\" data-float=\"none\" data-type=\"image\/png\" data-embed-type=\"image\"><\/img><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>By clicking on \u201cClaim\u201d, they will be granted the new role. Once claimed, the prompt will not be shown for that user again.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not eligible for IAM administrator, for example because of your company policy. click Decline. <\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"recommendations\"><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As the new IAM role is very powerful, and is used to control access to other roles in the future, there are some things that should be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create (or review) organization policies on user management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the owner of the IAM role is all-powerful, and able to define who in the organization can perform which tasks, it is important to create and maintain a good policy on who is allowed to do what within Elements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claim (or grant) the IAM role for the appropriate people<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once the organization has a policy on granting access to their users, the designated people should claim the IAM role on login. The list of  role assignments should be reviewed periodically, adding or removing people from the IAM role as needed.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the IAM role, please visit the original announcement, or check the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/home\/leaving?allowTrusted=1&amp;target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.withsecure.com%2Fuserguides%2Fproduct.html%23business%2Felements-welcome%2Flatest%2Fen%2Fidentity_and_access_management_roles-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">User Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we announced a new role for WithSecure Elements called \u201cIdentity and Access Management\u00a0(IAM)\u201d. 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