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SailPoint, Inc., a pioneer in unified identity security for enterprises, is showcasing how its customers are embracing the new era of adaptive identity security. As businesses increasingly adopt AI and automation, they face a growing challenge: securing an explosion of non-human identities such as machines and AI agents. SailPoint is addressing this new reality head-on, delivering the next generation of identity security that is built to adapt and scale for the modern enterprise. Rapid integration of AI The rapid integration of AI and automated agents into the enterprise has created a critical new security challenge. To address this, organizations require an identity security strategy that can govern and secure this new class of non-human identities with the same rigor as their human counterparts. SailPoint’s latest innovations are designed specifically for this purpose, extending its market-leading platform to provide comprehensive visibility and control over every identity, human and non-human. One of these is SailPoint Agent Identity Security, which enables organizations to discover, classify, govern, and secure every agent across the enterprise. Forward-thinking approach This forward-thinking approach is already being validated by key customers who are on the front lines of enterprise transformation. “As the number of autonomous agents grows, organizations need a way to govern their access with the same rigor as human identities,” said Tony Leraris, Chief Information Officer at Accenture. “We will be evaluating how SailPoint’s Agent Identity Security can complement our existing controls to support safe, enterprise-wide AI adoption.” Concept of adaptive identity At the core of this evolution is the concept of adaptive identity, an approach that is dynamic, intelligent, and tailored to the risk and context of each access request. This brings together identity, data, and security signals to provide clarity, control, and scale across every enterprise identity. Providing the security operations center with this integrative identity context enables teams to respond and remediate issues in real-time. SailPoint customers are already embracing this vision to future-proof their security posture. Unified identity platforms “Adaptive identity, to me, is about moving from static, one-size-fits-all access controls to a more flexible, context-aware model,” said Victor Montgomery, Director, Information Security, State Farm. “This means continuously assessing risk signals like user behavior, device health, location, and time, and then adjusting access in real-time to minimize exposure.” “Our research found that more than half of organizations worldwide are expanding their deployment of unified identity platforms as they strive to deliver comprehensive coverage of all users across all environments, while reducing complexity,” said Mark Child, Associate Research Director at IDC. “A comprehensive, natively integrated, and highly scalable platform is one of the top factors organizations are looking for from their identity and access providers. Moreover, enterprises stress the need to manage and secure a growing spectrum of user categories, including non-human identity types such as AI agents, cloud workloads, device identities, and service accounts.” Sensitive enterprise data With AI agents empowered to act autonomously, machine identities operating without human context, and the rise of sensitive enterprise data, it’s become clear that securing the enterprise needs an entirely different approach. Data access must be governed across every identity. Static policies are no longer enough. They must be real-time. The early traction SailPoint sees from its innovations suggests that organizations are already feeling this pressure. “We saw an opportunity to help organizations navigate this new phase of identity security with innovations that can adapt to modern automated, complex identity environments,” said Chandra Gnanasambandam, CTO and EVP Product, SailPoint. “The strong response we’ve seen from our customers signals that they have been waiting for a vision like this and are now moving to adopt it quickly and with conviction.”

SailPoint Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in unified identity security for enterprises, announced a strategic partnership with Imprivata, a digital identity company for life- and mission-critical industries. Through this partnership, SailPoint will acquire Imprivata’s existing identity governance and administration business. The two companies have also agreed to become strategic go-to-market partners in healthcare, creating a best-of-breed identity security and access management alliance that will benefit healthcare organizations worldwide. This move strengthens SailPoint’s position as a pioneering provider of identity security for healthcare organizations, enabling them to safeguard critical data and systems while enhancing patient care. Identity security solution “Imprivata is a recognized pioneer in enterprise access management for healthcare today. They are trusted by healthcare organizations around the world to grant fast, secure access to the important systems care providers need to complete their mission-critical jobs,” said Matt Mills, SailPoint President. “This partnership is a pivotal shift in the healthcare identity security industry. By partnering, we’ll unite our identity security solution with Imprivata Enterprise Access Management seamlessly, giving our joint healthcare customers a powerful, unified, and comprehensive approach to managing and securing their digital identities.” Enterprise access management solutions SailPoint will enable Imprivata as its only firm access control solutions partner in healthcare SailPoint has acquired Imprivata’s Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) business and entered into a strategic go-to-market partnership with Imprivata, effective December 13, 2024. Through this partnership, SailPoint will promote Imprivata as its exclusive enterprise access management solutions partner in healthcare, and likewise, Imprivata will promote SailPoint as its exclusive identity security partner in healthcare. Both parties will develop high-fidelity technical integrations between Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) and SailPoint Identity Security Cloud. Imprivata’s IGA platform SailPoint will work with acquired Imprivata IGA customers, supporting them in one of two ways. First, for those customers wishing to remain on Imprivata’s IGA platform, SailPoint will provide limited support through December 12, 2027. For those customers who are interested in migrating to Identity Security Cloud, SailPoint will work with each customer on a detailed migration plan. Next-gen identity security SailPoint will work with acquired Imprivata IGA customers, supporting them in one of two ways Mills continued, “We are eager to welcome Imprivata IGA customers to SailPoint. Our goal is not only to support them near-term during this transition, but long-term, to guide them towards a modernized approach with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud." "We have helped hundreds of our own customers with their modernization efforts from on-prem to cloud and have a playbook in place that helps ensure a smooth and successful transition. Imprivata IGA customers will soon have access to next-gen identity security that thousands of large, complex organizations trust to secure their business today.” Access security solutions “We are excited to partner with SailPoint to combine our industry-pioneering identity security solutions to help healthcare organizations address their end-to-end security, compliance, and workflow challenges,” said Fran Rosch, CEO of Imprivata. “Transitioning the Imprivata IGA business to SailPoint allows Imprivata to continue to focus on delivering access management, mobile, and privileged access security solutions that deliver the most value possible to our customers.”

SailPoint Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in unified identity security for enterprises, announces that the company was named an Overall Leader, Product Leader, Innovation Leader, and Market Leader in the latest Leadership Compass Identity Governance and Administration (“IGA”) report from KuppingerCole Analysts AG. Identity lifecycle management The report provides an overview of the IGA market, as well as a compass to help businesses identify the right vendor and solution to meet their needs. By assessing the core capabilities of identity lifecycle management and access governance solutions, the report illustrates how each vendor can monitor, assess, and manage today’s identity-related risks. Identity Security Cloud SailPoint is well-positioned to serve customers amid the current economic climate SailPoint Identity Security Cloud led all vendors in Market Position and received the highest possible rating of “Strong Positive” across all scoring categories, including Security, Functionality, Deployment, Interoperability, and Usability. The report highlighted the company’s dedication to not just product capabilities, but customer support and ease of use as well, while also citing SailPoint’s financial strength, large customer base, and expansive partner ecosystem. SailPoint believes this effectively illustrates that it is not only well positioned to serve customers amid the current economic climate but to continue delivering innovative solutions well into the future. Identity-centric cyber threats “It’s always an honor to be recognized by KuppingerCole, and SailPoint’s position as an IGA pioneer is not something we take lightly,” said Matt Mills, President, of SailPoint. “When customers work with SailPoint, we want them to know they’re not just getting a best-in-class identity solution, they’re getting a partner and trusted advisor invested in securing their enterprise against today’s dynamic, identity-centric cyber threats. The future of cybersecurity lies with an inside-out approach and as a category pioneer we continuously reinvent identity security as the foundation of the secure enterprise.” KuppingerCole report The KuppingerCole report highlights several of SailPoint’s strengths, including SailPoint’s ability to leverage AI and machine learning capabilities to accelerate application onboarding, assist with outlier detection and remediation, and other purposes. It also notes that the company uses generative AI to create entitlement descriptions, access recommendations, and distinct roles for different identities.  User-friendly interface SailPoint’s workflow engine is built on low-code/no-code principles, enabling drag-and-drop Additionally, the report notes that SailPoint’s workflow engine is built on low-code/no-code principles, enabling drag-and-drop capabilities that allow customers to visualize data and logic flows more easily. SailPoint’s modern, user-friendly interface also drew praise, including for its highly configurable dashboard and ability to support a wide range of authenticator options. SaaS architecture KuppingerCole calls SailPoint “a pioneering vendor in the IGA market,” noting that the company “has built excellent support for identity and role lifecycle management as part of the IGA solution.” The report also highlights SailPoint’s extensive partner ecosystem for delivering its solution across the globe, as well as its ability to support automatic upgrades through its multi-tenant SaaS architecture. SailPoint’s ability to provide a wide variety of out-of-the-box provisioning connectors for both on-premises and SaaS systems is also cited as a strength, enabling customers to easily integrate the identity solution with their existing systems and solutions. 

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