In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face a growing challenge: extending Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Application Access Governance to their entire application ecosystem. With large enterprises now using over 300 SaaS applications on average, the complexity of maintaining comprehensive governance has never been greater. Today, we're excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership between Cerby and Saviynt that addresses one of the most critical gaps in enterprise identity security - bringing robust identity governance to disconnected applications that lack standard protocol support.
The Challenge: Disconnected Apps Create Identity Governance Blind Spots
The rapid proliferation of business applications has created significant challenges for identity governance programs. While Saviynt excels at providing comprehensive IGA, PAM, and application access governance for applications that support standard protocols, many critical business applications fall outside this scope. These "disconnected" applications - which lack APIs or don't support modern standards - create dangerous blind spots in organizations' governance programs.
According to recent research by CSA, 58% of organizations report that their current security solutions cover less than half of their application ecosystem. This gap isn't just an inconvenience - it's a serious security and compliance risk that leaves organizations vulnerable to unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and compliance violations.
Bridging the Gap: Complete Identity Governance for Every Application
The Cerby-Saviynt partnership addresses these challenges head-on through a sophisticated integration that extends comprehensive identity governance to previously ungovernable applications. At its core, the integration leverages Cerby's unique ability to interact with applications that lack standard protocols or APIs, combined with Saviynt's industry-leading identity governance capabilities.
Extended Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)
The integration operates through two primary mechanisms that extend Saviynt's market-leading IGA capabilities to every application in your ecosystem:
1. Comprehensive Identity Data Collection: Cerby acts as an intelligent collector, gathering critical identity information from disconnected applications including:- User account details and access rights
- Role and group memberships
- Fine-grained entitlements and permissions
- User activity and access patterns
- Implementing access changes and enforcing separation of duties
- Executing access certification decisions
- Managing privileged access in both SaaS and On-Premises applications
- Enforcing consistent access policies across all applications
This bidirectional integration ensures that disconnected applications are fully incorporated into your organization's governance framework, regardless of their technical limitations.
Key Capabilities Across Saviynt's Core Use Cases
1. Identity Governance and Administration
- Complete visibility into user access rights across all applications
- Automated enforcement of access policies even in applications without native controls
- Consistent governance workflows across your entire application ecosystem
- Real-time synchronization of identity data for accurate access reviews
2. Privileged Access Management
- Extension of PAM controls to applications without native privileged access support
- Just-in-time privileged access provisioning for disconnected applications
- Automated privileged credential rotation and management
- Complete audit trails of privileged access usage
3. Application Access Governance
- Comprehensive visibility into application access risks across all applications
- Automated access certification and remediation workflows
- Prevention of toxic access combinations across connected and disconnected applications
- Real-time risk detection and automated policy enforcement
- Time-based access controls for temporary elevated privileges
- Automated policy enforcement across disconnected applications
- Complete audit trails for compliance and security investigations
Why This Partnership Matters
The integration of Cerby's disconnected application automation with Saviynt's enterprise identity governance platform delivers three critical benefits:
- Reduced Security Risks: By eliminating manual processes and ensuring consistent governance across all applications, organizations can significantly reduce the risk of inappropriate access and potential breaches.
- Enhanced Compliance: Complete visibility and automated controls across the entire application ecosystem make it easier to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Improved Operational Efficiency: Automation of previously manual governance processes reduces IT workload while improving accuracy and consistency.
Looking Ahead
The Cerby-Saviynt partnership represents a significant step forward in enterprise identity governance. By extending comprehensive governance capabilities to disconnected applications, organizations can finally achieve their zero trust objectives across their entire application ecosystem.
For IT and security leaders struggling with identity governance for disconnected applications, this partnership offers a clear path forward - one that combines enterprise-grade governance with practical automation to address real-world challenges.
To learn more about how the Cerby-Saviynt partnership can help your organization achieve comprehensive identity governance, book a personalized demo to see our technology in action or contact our team at partners@cerby.com.
