Solutions

Identity & Access Management

Zero-trust identity, conditional access and privileged access architecture.

Zero-trust identity, not zero-trust marketing.

Identity is the new perimeter - get it wrong, and that's usually how breaches start. As workloads moved to the cloud, the shared-responsibility model moved too: the provider secures the platform, you secure who gets in and what they can do. Get identity right, and a cloud migration becomes a security upgrade. Get it wrong, and your attack surface grows by orders of magnitude. We design and run identity platforms - Entra ID, Okta, Ping - set conditional access policies against your real threat model, manage privileged access for the accounts that hold the keys, and wire in identity threat detection so odd sign-ins are caught the moment they happen.

Identity & Access Management
Free identity risk review

See the identity risks attackers see first.

A focused review of Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory and Okta, with clear findings and a prioritised roadmap. There is no cost.

Different platforms solve different identity problems.

We are vendor-neutral. Identity projects fail when the tool is picked before the business process, the risks, the access model and the owners are clear. So we start with what you need, not the vendor. We work with small, medium and large firms, and size the design and the way it runs to fit.

SailPoint

Identity governance and administration.

Best when you need deep governance and automated user lifecycles across many complex apps. It suits medium to large and regulated firms.

  • Automate joiners, movers and leavers
  • Handle access requests and reviews
  • See who has access to what, and the risk
  • Cover staff, contractors and machine identities
CyberArk

Privileged access and identity security.

Best when admin accounts, secrets, machine identities and high-risk access paths need tight control. It suits firms of any size with critical or regulated systems.

  • Privileged Access Management
  • Just-in-time, least-privilege access
  • Secrets, machine identities and certificates
  • Watch high-risk sessions
JumpCloud

Identity, access and devices in one place.

Best when you want your directory, SSO, MFA, access and device management in one cloud platform. It suits small to medium, cloud-first teams with mixed devices.

  • Cloud directory and user lifecycle
  • SSO, MFA, LDAP and RADIUS
  • Manage Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Access based on the device, for hybrid teams

Workshops that set the next step for identity.

Our workshops bring security, IT, app owners, risk teams and business leaders into one room. Together we define the identity problem and the best way forward.

We also fix rollouts that have gone wrong. We repair settings, connectors, workflows, excess admin rights, bad data and weak user lifecycle steps.

  1. 01

    Current-state review

    We check the design, settings, links to other systems, identity data, access steps and how well it all runs today.

  2. 02

    Requirements workshop

    We capture what the business, security, compliance, tech and user teams need.

  3. 03

    Remediation planning

    We find what caused failed rollouts, risk, technical debt and broken processes.

  4. 04

    Target-state architecture

    We set platform roles, how systems connect, trust models, user lifecycle flows and security controls.

  5. 05

    Roadmap and business case

    We put the work in order, with the links between tasks, people, licences, governance and results you can measure.

Use Vectra where you need us.

Advisory or project

Review, fix or deploy.

A set piece of work, from a single workshop to a new platform.

  • Run workshops and gather needs
  • Design the architecture
  • Review and fix the platform
  • Set it up and connect it
  • Test it and hand it over
Ongoing management

Run and improve the platform.

We join your team to look after the identity platform day to day.

  • Run the platform and its policies
  • Keep user and access flows working
  • Support connectors and links to other systems
  • Reporting and governance
  • Upgrades and steady improvement

Why identity is the first control to get right.

Shared responsibility, actually owned

Cloud providers secure the platform. You secure identity. We map that boundary clearly across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, so nothing falls through the gap between your team and the vendor.

Zero-trust as architecture, not a badge

Zero-trust isn't a product you buy. We turn the principle into conditional access, device posture, segmentation and session controls, wired into the IDP you already run.

Reuse what you already have

Entra ID, Okta, Ping, CyberArk, BeyondTrust: we build on what you already own. We don't stand up a parallel system and call it transformation.

ML-assisted identity threat detection

Behavioural baselines catch odd sign-ins, token replay and impossible-travel patterns that static conditional access rules miss. Findings feed straight back to the Vectra SOC.

How we land zero-trust identity.

  1. Step 1: Map

    We list every identity source - IDPs, directories, privileged pockets - then draw the shared-responsibility line across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

  2. Step 2: Design

    We design conditional access, PAM and ITDR around your real threat model and user journeys - not a reference diagram copied from a vendor whitepaper.

  3. Step 3: Deploy

    We roll out in phases, with pilot groups, telemetry on every policy change, and break-glass plus auditing, so a bad rule never becomes an outage.

  4. Step 4: Operate

    We run it as a managed service, or hand it over to your team with runbooks, plus access reviews, policy drift detection and ITDR feeding the Vectra SOC.

What the engagement actually covers.

IDP design & migration

We stand up or consolidate Entra ID, Okta or Ping, including federation, directory sync and moving applications off legacy AD FS or on-premise LDAP.

Conditional access engineering

We design policy against your threat model, roll it out with telemetry, and add break-glass and monitoring, so a bad rule never locks the business out.

Privileged access management

CyberArk, BeyondTrust or Delinea handle vaulting, session brokering and JIT elevation, plus discovery of service accounts nobody remembers owning.

Identity governance

Joiner-mover-leaver automation, periodic access reviews, SoD enforcement and entitlement management, via SailPoint, Saviynt or native IGA.

Identity threat detection (ITDR)

Defender for Identity, Okta ITP or CrowdStrike Falcon Identity, tied back to your SOC, surfacing odd sign-ins, token theft and consent phishing in real time.

Workload & non-human identity

Managed identities, workload federation, secrets management and OAuth app governance, for the service-to-service traffic your IDP usually misses.

What changes after the rollout.

Phishing-resistant MFA

FIDO2, passkeys and platform authenticators, rolled out with a real adoption plan - not an opt-in toggle that half the workforce ignores.

Conditional access that bites

Risk-based policies tied to device posture, location, session risk and resource sensitivity. No blanket "allow trusted network" escape hatches.

Privileged access, broker-gated

Standing admin rights are removed. Just-in-time elevation, session recording and credential vaulting protect the accounts attackers actually want.

Identity threat detection

ITDR hooked into your SIEM and the Vectra SOC, catching token theft, consent phishing and dormant account revival in minutes, not months.

Non-human identity in scope

We govern service principals, workload identities, OAuth apps and API keys with the same rigour as user accounts - the supply-chain vector nobody rotates.

Audit-ready on day one

Access reviews, joiner-mover-leaver workflows and evidence packs aligned to Essential Eight Maturity Level 2, ISM, APRA CPS 234 and SOCI.

The metrics that shift after cutover.

  • Phishing-resistant MFA covers 100% of workforce identities and every privileged access path.

  • Standing admin rights are removed, with privileged access brokered through session recording and JIT elevation only.

  • We grade conditional access policies by device posture, session risk and data sensitivity, with telemetry on every decision.

  • Identity threat detection wired into the SOC, so token theft and odd sign-ins are contained in minutes, not months.

  • Joiner-mover-leaver automation closes the access-creep gap that most audits find first.

  • Evidence packs aligned to Essential Eight Maturity Level 2, ISM, APRA CPS 234 and SOCI Act Part 2A

Identity questions we hear most weeks.

Do you replace our IDP or build on it?

Build on it, almost always. If you run Entra ID, Okta or Ping, we extend what you have. We only recommend switching platforms when your current stack genuinely can't meet the target design - and even then, we plan the migration carefully rather than rip and replace.

How does this differ from what our cloud vendor gives us?

Cloud providers secure the identity platform. You're still responsible for the policies and the joiner-mover-leaver workflow. You also own privileged account hygiene and detection content. That's the shared-responsibility line. It's where most IAM programs leak.

Can you cover non-human identities too?

Yes - and it's usually the bigger gap. Service principals, workload identities, OAuth app consents and long-lived API keys are all in scope. We find them, govern them, and rotate what should have been rotated years ago.

How long does a typical rollout take?

Eight to sixteen weeks for a phased conditional access and PAM rollout across a mid-size estate, with pilot groups in the first four weeks. Full IGA builds take longer. Emergency privileged-access lockdowns can be up in 10 days.

Do you run this as a managed service?

Both modes are available: handover with documentation and training, or run-and-operate, where Vectra owns the identity plane and your team uses it as a service. ITDR feeds the Vectra SOC either way.

Will conditional access break the business?

Not if you roll it out properly. We test every policy in telemetry-only mode first, move it to warn, then enforce. Break-glass accounts, monitored separately, are always in place before enforcement starts.

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