The Zilla team just returned from Oktane 2024 in Las Vegas, where we discussed all things identity, including provisioning with IdP groups, solving the challenges of disconnected apps in identity governance platforms, the pain of access reviews, and the power of AI to save time and expedite tedious and redundant review processes.
IdP Groups are Challenging
We proclaimed it on our shirts and we heard it from the many folks who stopped by our booth: People are in fact, tired of group membership rules. But what does this mean? The reality is that IdP providers do a fantastic job of managing SSO – and this makes them excel at being IdPs. When it comes to an identity governance strategy though, the real requirement is the ability to go beyond group-based management to manage access at the permissions level, including fine-grain and coarse-grain permissions. Trying to govern access with groups becomes a challenging and tedious exercise that ultimately doesn’t provide the granularity needed for user lifecycle management and won’t make the auditors happy (you can read more about the IdP approach to IGA in this blog).
What About Disconnected Apps?
There were many questions and much intrigue over the dilemma of disconnected apps. The Okta user community expressed the need to work with more apps than the 15 SaaS Apps currently available for pre-built integration with Okta OIG. A more robust solution is clearly in demand, and Zilla’s multiple app integration options were a hot topic of discussion, given our ability to integrate with 1000+ apps out of the box, leverage Zilla Universal Sync for apps without an easily accessible API, or Zilla PO Box for on-prem apps.
AI-Powered Pain Relief for Provisioning and Access Reviews
Unsurprisingly, we also discussed access reviews with many conference attendees. The non-Zilla customers we met were often in one of two different but equally painful camps. Either, they are struggling to automate what is currently a time-consuming, manual process for user access reviews, or they are struggling with an IGA tool that doesn’t provide a comprehensive picture of the permissions estate across all of their apps. Neither of these situations is ideal, but Zilla demonstrated to many of these professionals how AI Profiles™ are modernizing legacy IGA practices, and making life easier for IT, IAM, and GRC professionals. Zilla’s AI-powered approach to permissions allows for the granularity that is needed for accurate provisioning and for audit completeness and accuracy, without the manual effort that pervades so many IGA processes today.
If you missed us at Oktane, or if you’re exploring how your identity governance strategy ties into your IdP, reach out to the Zilla team today.
