A defined security direction
A Zero Trust vision and dedicated IGA and PAM strategies, with near- and longer-term roadmaps.
CASE STUDY / IDENTITY ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY
A Zero Trust vision.
A roadmap for growth.
Senior identity architecture for a rapidly growing business: establishing a Zero Trust vision, shaping IGA and PAM strategy, and translating the vision into engineering, configuration and practical identity controls.
SERVICES /Identity strategy ↗Workforce & customer identity ↗Identity governance ↗Privileged access ↗Non-human & AI identity ↗
FOCUS / Zero Trust, IGA & PAMSECTOR / Sportswear & retailTHE CHALLENGE
Growth needs direction.
Security needs a plan.
Rapid growth was increasing the demands on workforce access and identity security. The task was to connect technology capabilities, automation and the business's changing needs to a clear architecture and a more mature operating model.
The engagement established a Zero Trust strategy and vision, alongside dedicated IGA and PAM strategies. One- and three-year roadmaps translated that direction into a sequence the organisation could work towards.
WHAT CHANGED
A stronger assessment.
A clearer way forward.
NIST CSF risk-remediation work contributed to an improved score in the annual audit. Zero Trust and policy-engine design, identity telemetry and a clearer understanding of identity risk helped strengthen the organisation's direction.
1year horizon
3year horizon
Zero Trust vision · IGA & PAM strategy · Non-human identities
Near-term execution and longer-term maturity, connecting identity architecture, engineering and configuration with risk remediation and identity telemetry.
THE DELIVERY
Turn direction into decisions.
The engagement connected strategy and architecture with hands-on engineering, configuration and risk remediation across workforce, privileged access and non-human identities.
- 01 —
Establish the vision
Develop a Zero Trust architecture strategy and vision, giving identity decisions a coherent direction as the organisation grows.
- 02 —
Sequence the roadmap
Define one- and three-year roadmaps that connect near-term priorities to a longer-term identity security operating model.
- 03 —
Shape IGA & PAM
Develop the identity governance and privileged access strategies, including policy-engine design, engineering and configuration, non-human identities and regional infrastructure-access requirements.
- 04 —
Lead risk remediation
Lead NIST CSF risk-remediation work and maturity modelling. Connect architecture and identity telemetry to the risks the business needs to understand.
TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT
A common direction.
Different access needs.
The architecture work involved workforce identity, governance and privileged-access technologies, alongside secrets management and infrastructure access and regional requirements in China.
Okta Identity Governance- Identity governance and access lifecycle management
- Okta Privileged Access
- Privileged access
Teleport- Privileged access to infrastructure and database resources
Google Cloud Secret Manager- Secrets management
AWS KMS- Cryptographic key management
- Okta Workforce Identity
- Workforce identity and access
Alibaba Cloud Bastionhost- Regional privileged-access requirements in China
THE LASTING VALUE
Architecture the business
can make decisions with.
A stronger risk baseline
An improved NIST CSF assessment outcome and clearer identity telemetry to support the next decisions.
Business understanding
A more developed understanding of identity risk and the priorities behind further maturity and investment.
BRINGING IT TOGETHER
Keep growth and control
moving together.
A roadmap makes the relationship between identity risk, architecture and business priorities visible. The next step becomes an accountable decision rather than another disconnected technology project.
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