IAM Advisory, Implementation & Managed Support

Identity programs that hold up.

We plan, implement, mature, and support identity and access management across seven domains, on the platform you already run. Practitioner-led, vendor-agnostic, and built to govern every identity: human, non-human, and AI agent.

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  • Practitioner-led
  • Vendor-agnostic across 7 platforms
  • Commercial and federal programs
Free tool · Scenario-based control check

Would your identity controls stop a real attack?

Pick an attack pattern drawn from public advisories, switch on the identity controls you have today, and see which step your controls stop. A tabletop model, not a scan: nothing connects to your environment and no data is collected.

Run the control check
  • 01Help desk impersonationThe social engineering pattern in CISA and FBI advisory AA23-320A
  • 02MFA fatiguePush bombing until someone approves
  • 03The departed contractorOrphaned access that outlives the person
The landscape

Identity is the attack surface. We help you cover all of it.

IAM is complex and unforgiving. We bring deep, hands-on experience to plan a program, fix one that has stalled, or run one that needs to mature, without slowing your business down.

109:1
Machine identities per human identity
Palo Alto Networks, 2026 Identity Security Landscape
22%
Of breaches start with stolen credentials
Verizon 2025 DBIR
88%
Of web app attacks involve stolen credentials
Verizon 2025 DBIR
$4.99M
Average cost of a data breach
IBM Cost of a Data Breach, 2026
Selected engagements

Recent client work

National life insurer · SailPoint IGA

Identity governance built to hold up under SOX

Situation
A regulated insurer needed governed, auditable access across HR-driven joiner, mover and leaver changes.
Our work
Solution architecture, custom account and group management, access certifications, HRIS integration, custom connectors and SOX audit support.

Delivered by our practitioners as a subcontractor.

Global technology enterprise · SailPoint IGA

Access reviews and audit readiness at enterprise scale

Situation
A global technology company needed access reviews that reviewers could complete and auditors would accept.
Our work
Architecture design, custom development, access review workflows, HRIS integration and audit readiness.

Delivered by our practitioners as a subcontractor.

Four ways we engage

Meet you wherever your program is

Advisory
Strategy, assessment, roadmap, vendor evaluation, and Zero Trust advisory. For teams deciding what to build and in what order.
Implementation
Hands-on build and integration across IGA, PAM, and Access Management. For teams ready to deploy, or stuck mid-deployment and not seeing value.
Managed Support
Run, optimize, and mature your program. From keep-the-lights-on operations to continuous posture improvement.
Fractional Leadership
A senior IAM leader on retainer to own strategy and direction, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Where we go deepest

The modern identity problems most programs miss

The areas legacy IAM was never built for, and where the next breach starts.

AI Agent & Non-Human Identity Governance
Discover, own, and least-privilege the non-human and workload identities and autonomous agents your current program cannot see.
ITDR + ISPM
Identity Threat Detection and Response plus posture management. We detect identity attacks in progress and harden continuously.
Access Blindspot Discovery
Find the orphaned accounts, dormant access, and unused licenses you are paying for, with a reclamation plan that cuts risk and spend.
ABAC + PBAC
Move authorization from static role sprawl to dynamic attribute and policy-driven access that scales with Zero Trust.
2-minute self-assessment

Where is your identity program most exposed?

Six questions. An instant scored report mapped to where we can help.

Question 1 of 6

How many AI agents and non-human identities run in your environment?

Exposure calculator

How many identities are you not governing?

Enter your headcount. We estimate the machine and agent identities alongside your people, most of them ungoverned.

54,500
estimated non-human identities

Based on the 109:1 machine-to-human ratio reported by Palo Alto Networks, 2026. Most sit outside governance built for human employees.

Free tools

Free tools for your identity team

Free PDF

Demo Challenge Pack

Six tests to run in any IAM vendor demo, with a scoring sheet for your selection team.

Download the PDF, free
Free tool

Scenario-based control check

Scenario-based control check. Pick an attack pattern drawn from public advisories, switch on the identity controls you have today, and see which step your controls stop.

Run the control check
Free scorecards

IAM scorecards

Three 10-question scorecards, two minutes each: phishing-resistant MFA, identity attack readiness, and AI agent governance.

Take a scorecard
How we deliver

A proven methodology, accelerated by AI at every stage

We start with what your program needs, then use AI to move faster through the work that usually stalls.

01

Discover

AI-assisted inventory of human and non-human identities, entitlements, and risk.

02

Design

Target operating model, role and policy design, and a sequenced roadmap.

03

Build

Implementation and integration on your platform, by engineers who have run it.

04

Optimize

Managed support, continuous posture improvement, and measurable adoption.

Platforms we deliver

Hands-on across the platforms you run

Vendor-agnostic. We recommend what fits your environment, not what we are tied to.

  • SailPoint logo
  • Okta logo
  • Idira (formerly CyberArk) logo
  • Saviynt logo
  • BeyondTrust logo
  • Microsoft Entra ID logo
Certified, hands-on expertise

Vendor-agnostic, and certified where it counts

Our engineers hold current platform and professional certifications across identity, cloud, and security. We recommend what fits your environment, not what we are tied to.

SailPoint
  • IdentityIQ Engineer
  • IdentityIQ Architect
  • Identity Security Cloud Engineer
Okta
  • Certified Professional
  • Certified Administrator
  • Certified Consultant
  • Certified Developer
Idira (formerly CyberArk)
  • Defender (CDE)
  • Sentry
  • Guardian
Saviynt
  • Certified IGA Professional
  • L300 Technical
BeyondTrust
  • Password Safe
  • Privileged Remote Access
  • Endpoint Privilege Mgmt
Ping Identity
  • PingFederate
  • PingAccess
  • PingOne
Microsoft Entra ID
  • Identity & Access Administrator (SC-300)
Professional Certifications
  • CISSP
  • CCSP
  • GIAC
  • CompTIA Security+
FAQ

Common questions

We are a practitioner-led identity security firm. We plan, implement, mature, and support IAM programs across seven domains, on the platform you run.

Who you work with

Senior practitioners lead discovery, architecture, and delivery.

15+ years, engineer to head of IAM

Founder and Principal Identity Architect

Has held engineer, architect, director and head-of-IAM roles at large enterprises in technology, financial services, retail, the public sector and healthcare.

Platforms
SailPoint, Okta, Idira (formerly CyberArk), BeyondTrust, Saviynt
Typical work
Program strategy, vendor selection, fractional leadership.
14 years, IdentityIQ and ISC

Senior SailPoint Architect

Architects and delivers SailPoint IdentityIQ and Identity Security Cloud programs, from custom connectors to certification campaigns.

Platforms
SailPoint IdentityIQ and Identity Security Cloud, Okta, Microsoft Intune
Certifications
SailPoint IdentityIQ Certified Engineer, CISSP, CCSP
Typical work
IGA architecture, connectors and certification campaigns.

More practitioner profiles, names, full resumes and references are shared with your proposal, under NDA where you need one.

Bring us your hardest identity problem.

In 30 minutes we will tell you where the real exposure is and what it would take to close it.

Schedule a free 30-minute IAM assessment call

Built by the people who ran it.