Adaptive Identity Security
Grade: C — Score: 65/100
SailPoint's technology leverages real-time risk assessment and behavior analysis to dynamically adjust access controls across all identities, including human and non-human entities. This innovative approach enables organizations to automate decisions and enforce least privilege access as business needs and threats evolve.
The platform streamlines workflows by reducing application onboarding time by 40-70%, allowing businesses to prioritize governance and enhance operational efficiency. With advanced visibility tools, organizations gain clarity over access paths and entitlements, significantly reducing identity-related risks by 30%.
By continuously monitoring identity behavior, SailPoint mitigates risks in real-time, ensuring that access permissions are adjusted based on context and user behavior. This proactive stance on identity security protects every identity across the enterprise, including human, machine, and third-party access.
Standard: Custom quote (per identity)
Business: Custom quote (per identity)
Business Plus: Custom quote (per identity)
Consider switching to Okta: Okta offers similar identity management solutions with a focus on user experience and integration capabilities.
SailPoint is an identity governance and administration (IGA) platform focused on access lifecycle management, certification campaigns, role modeling, and separation of duties enforcement. Okta and Cisco Duo focus on runtime authentication (MFA, SSO, adaptive access policies). In practice, many enterprises deploy SailPoint for governance alongside Okta or Duo for authentication. SailPoint decides who should have access to what. Okta and Duo verify that the person requesting access is who they claim to be. SailPoint integrates natively with both Okta and Cisco Duo.
Standard provides the core IGA framework: automated provisioning, access request workflows, and consolidated access reviews. Business adds AI-driven role recommendations, identity analytics with anomaly detection, separation of duties enforcement, and eligibility for add-on modules (Machine Identity Security, Agent Identity Security, Non-Employee Risk Management, Data Access Security, CIEM). Business Plus includes the full premium capability set including Access Risk Management and Observability and Insights. Business and Business Plus customers can also use the Navigators flexible pricing model to shift capacity between human, machine, and AI agent identities.
SailPoint maintains SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 certifications, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, and Common Criteria (ISO 15408). The platform has achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization for Identity Security Cloud, Non-Employee Risk Management, and Data Access Security on AWS GovCloud. Additional regional certifications include Germany's C5 framework and GovRAMP for state and local government. The platform is hosted on AWS infrastructure that independently maintains ISO 9001, HIPAA, PCI, and FedRAMP compliance.
Yes, and this is a key differentiator. SailPoint offers three dedicated modules for non-human identities. Machine Identity Security governs service accounts, API keys, bots, and RPA credentials. Agent Identity Security (launched 2025) extends governance to AI agents, enabling discovery, registration, and access policy enforcement for autonomous software. Non-Employee Risk Management automates onboarding and offboarding for contractors, consultants, and partners. All three are available as add-ons to the Business and Business Plus suites.
AI is embedded across several capabilities. Access recommendations analyze existing entitlement patterns and suggest optimized roles to reduce overprovisioning. Identity analytics detect anomalous access through behavioral analysis, flagging outliers like impossible access combinations or sudden privilege escalation. AI-powered application onboarding accelerates the process of connecting new enterprise systems to the governance platform. Harbor Pilot is SailPoint's AI copilot that assists administrators with configuration and troubleshooting. Shadow AI Remediation (launched March 2026) provides real-time visibility into unauthorized AI tool usage across the enterprise.
Zero Knowledge Encryption is SailPoint's approach to credential security. Credentials are encrypted on the user's device before transmission, then encrypted again during transit, and encrypted a third time before storage on SailPoint's servers. No decryption key is stored that would allow the password vault to be read, even by SailPoint. This means that if SailPoint's infrastructure were breached, the stored credentials would remain protected because no key exists to decrypt them.
Yes. SailPoint IdentityIQ is the on-premises software deployment option for organizations that cannot use cloud SaaS due to regulatory or data sovereignty requirements. Identity Security Cloud (Standard, Business, Business Plus) is the SaaS product hosted on AWS. The Navigators Modernization Flex pricing pathway is specifically designed to help IdentityIQ customers transition to Identity Security Cloud while maintaining governance continuity during migration.
SailPoint provides a broad connector catalog covering hundreds of enterprise applications including AWS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, Epic, Snowflake, Google Workspace, and Zoom. AI-powered application onboarding uses machine learning to accelerate the process of connecting new applications. Accelerated Application Management provides pre-built configuration for commonly deployed enterprise systems. The platform also integrates with security tools like CyberArk for privileged access management and with identity providers like Okta and Cisco Duo for authentication.