North Star Identity
Identity & Access Management
Assessment

IAM Strategy & Roadmap

Identity investments keep landing as point solutions — a new SSO tool here, an access-review spreadsheet there — with no shared architecture connecting them to business risk or user experience.

A prioritized, board-ready IAM roadmap that sequences investment by risk reduction and business value, not vendor renewal dates.

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Who it’s for

  • CISOs and IT leaders inheriting a fragmented identity landscape after growth, M&A, or a security incident
  • Organizations facing an audit, certification, or customer security questionnaire that IAM maturity can't currently support
  • Teams about to renew or replace a core IAM platform and needing an architecture decision, not just a product comparison

What we deliver

  • Current-state assessment across people, process, and technology for workforce, customer, and privileged identity
  • A target-state IAM architecture ('North Star') aligned to security, compliance, and user-experience goals
  • A phased roadmap with clear dependencies, timelines, and cost considerations
  • Vendor and product evaluation, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis where a platform decision is in scope
  • An executive summary and business case prioritizing the highest-impact initiatives first

How the engagement works

Typical duration: 4–8 weeks, depending on environment size and number of identity domains in scope

01

Discover

Stakeholder interviews, current-state architecture review, and identity data landscape mapping.

02

Assess

Gap analysis against your risk, compliance, and experience goals, benchmarked against NIST, SOC 2, and CIS.

03

Design

Target-state architecture and roadmap options, reviewed with your team before finalizing.

04

Deliver

Final roadmap, business case, and executive readout — ready to socialize with leadership and budget owners.

Technology ecosystem

Platforms we commonly work with — not an implied partnership or certification.

SaviyntMicrosoft Entra IDIBM Security VerifySailPoint- and Okta-class platforms (evaluated, not implied as partnerships)

FAQ

Do we need to have chosen a platform already?

No — this engagement is designed to inform that decision, not assume it. If you already have a platform, we assess fit against your target state instead.

Can this be delivered remotely?

Yes. Most of this engagement is delivered remotely, with on-site workshops available where useful for stakeholder alignment.

What do you need from our team to get started?

Access to key stakeholders for interviews, and read access to your current IAM tooling and identity data sources — no production credentials or secrets are required.

How does this connect to procurement or vendor requirements?

The roadmap includes a vendor evaluation module you can hand directly to procurement, including TCO comparisons.

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