Cerby

Cerby is an enterprise security platform focused on governing access to applications that lack native support for modern identity and security standards.

• Access governance and control for nonstandard and shared accounts in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and web applications (identity and access management).
• Automation of application onboarding, policy enforcement, and credential lifecycle management across unmanaged or offboard SaaS tools (security automation).
• Integration with existing identity providers and Single Sign-On (SSO) systems to extend centralized access policies to applications without native SSO support (IAM integration).
• Capabilities for marketing, finance, and other business teams to use preferred tools while IT and security teams maintain governance, compliance, and reduced credential risk (secure collaboration enablement).
• Visibility into application usage, access patterns, and shared credentials to support compliance, audit, and risk management workflows (security monitoring and reporting).

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Cerby addresses access governance for applications that do not natively support enterprise identity standards such as Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), OAuth, or SCIM (identity and access management). Many marketing, social media, and specialized SaaS tools rely on shared credentials or basic authentication, which creates challenges for organizations that want centralized policy enforcement, offboarding control, and auditability. Cerby positions its platform as a way to bring these applications under the same governance umbrella as systems already integrated with corporate identity providers.

The platform typically integrates with identity providers and SSO systems to extend authentication and authorization controls to applications that otherwise would System Integration Testing (SIT) outside enterprise Identity Access Management (IAM) frameworks. By acting as a control layer, Cerby can enforce strong authentication, limit who can access shared accounts, and manage credential rotation. This helps reduce unmanaged password sharing and supports more consistent policy application across the application estate, including tools chosen directly by business units without IT involvement.

Cerby also emphasizes automation for onboarding applications, managing entitlements, and handling the credential lifecycle for accounts that cannot be directly federated. This includes capabilities to define and enforce access policies, control role-based permissions, and ensure that former employees or contractors lose access when they depart. From a governance standpoint, this supports audit requirements and reduces the likelihood of dormant or orphaned accounts in external systems.

From a technology perspective, Cerby aligns with categories such as Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) for shared business accounts, and SaaS security posture management, focused on applications without native enterprise controls. Its capabilities are relevant to security architectures that rely on zero trust principles, where explicit verification and least privilege are applied across all resources, including third-party marketing and social platforms.

For enterprise and institutional environments, Cerby’s role is to bridge the gap between central identity systems and the long tail of applications that business teams adopt autonomously. In a directory or marketplace taxonomy, Cerby is typically placed under identity and access management (IAM), access governance, and security automation, with a particular emphasis on unmanaged SaaS, shared accounts, and nonstandard authentication use cases.