SailPoint, Inc. updates adaptive identity security offerings

SailPoint, Inc. presented updates intended to help enterprises manage both human and non-human identities as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation increased the number of autonomous accounts that required governance.

The company framed the need as enterprises seeking a holistic strategy to cover humans, machines, and agents, and said the integration of AI and automated agents had created a larger set of non-human identities that required governance with the same rigor applied to human identities.

SailPoint described the concept of adaptive identity as dynamic, intelligent, and tailored to the risk and context of each access request, and said it combined identity, data, and security signals to provide context for Security Operations (SecOps) teams. The release named Agent Identity Security as a capability to discover, classify, govern, and secure agents.

The announcement listed product offerings identified in the release, including Agent Identity Security, Machine Identity Security, and Accelerated Application Management, and said customers were validating the approach and showing early traction for the platform extensions.

“As the number of autonomous agents grows, organizations need a way to govern their access with the same rigor as human identities,” said Tony Leraris, Chief Information Officer at Accenture. “Adaptive identity, to me, is about moving from static, one-size-fits-all access controls to a more flexible, context-aware model,” said Victor Montgomery, Director, Information Security, State Farm.

Accenture said it would evaluate SailPoint’s Agent Identity Security to complement its existing controls for enterprise-wide AI adoption, and SailPoint said customers were moving to adopt the capabilities quickly and with conviction.