Item: SailPoint Identity Platform
Rating: 9
Author: Jay C. Gomez, CISM, CDPSE, CIPM

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used SailPoint Identity Platform as our Identity Access Management tool for the who organization. It was managed by my team before and we've used it for Joiner-Mover-Leaver process as well as for account recertification. The issue we addressed by using SailPoint is that there were a lot of active accounts but the users have already left he organizations for a couple of years. There were a lot of inactive accounts as well as orphaned accounts and we used it to clean it up and avoid doing it manually.

Pros and Cons

Joiner-mover-leaver feature.
The availability of connectors for different applications and platform.
The account recertification feature.

During the time we acquired the solution, there wasn't a cloud version yet.
The SSO feature was sun-set so we used another product to use (okta).

Most Important Features

Joiner mover leaver.
Account recertification.
Identity warehouse.

Return on Investment

It did minimize our risk in terms of stale accounts.
It minimized a potential attack vendor.
I cant answer if we've fully realized the ROI since I left the organization already but I think there's already a quantifiable ROI of our security investment.

Alternatives Considered

I think SailPoint Identity Platform stacks better than most IAM tools and solution though a lot of SaaS IAM solutions are already available, can compete and are at par with its features and capabilities.

Key Insights

Do you think SailPoint Identity Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SailPoint Identity Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did SailPoint Identity Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SailPoint Identity Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SailPoint Identity Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

The Okta Identity Cloud, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, IBM QRadar

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe SailPoint Identity Platform is well suited for large companies and those with a lot of users and applications. It would tremendously improve their security posture in terms of user account management. It may not be ideal for small companies that have less than 100 employees but it there's a way that they can accommodate those, then I think it would be great. In our experience, it works perfectly for those using Active Directory.

SailPoint Identity Platform Governance Solutions, a must have!

Overall Satisfaction with SailPoint Identity Platform