Security
Quick answer
Because IdentityIQ can change access everywhere, it must be locked down hard: least-privilege service accounts, protected secrets, tightly scoped capabilities for administrators, encrypted sensitive data, and a complete audit trail. The governance tool must be governed too.
Key takeaways
- IdentityIQ is high-value; secure it hard
- Least-privilege, protected service accounts
- Scope admin capabilities tightly
- Encrypt secrets and sensitive attributes
- Keep a complete, reviewed audit trail
Securing the SailPoint platform itself matters as much as the governance it delivers, because SailPoint holds highly sensitive access data and can change access everywhere. This page covers hardening the deployment and protecting its powerful capabilities.
Protect the data and the database
- The database holds all identity and access data, protect it with encryption, tight access and secure backups.
- Restrict who can reach the database and application servers.
Secure access to SailPoint
- Front login with your identity provider and enforce MFA there.
- Apply least privilege to SailPoint’s own administrative capabilities and scopes.
- Keep a controlled break-glass admin path for IdP outages.
Protect integrations
- Store connector and API credentials in a secrets manager, never in config or images.
- Grant connector service accounts only the rights they need.
- Enforce TLS for the UI and for connector traffic; manage certificates and rotate before expiry.
Protect the powerful capabilities
SailPoint can provision and deprovision access across the enterprise, so its administrative and API access is itself high-value. Govern it as carefully as any crown-jewel system, with least privilege, monitoring and audit.
Common pitfalls
- Over-privileged SailPoint admins.
- Secrets stored in config or images.
- Neglecting TLS and certificate lifecycle.
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Check your understanding
IdentityIQ service accounts should have?
- A. Encrypted, never plain text. Secrets must be encrypted, never stored in plain text.
- B. Only the rights they need. Least-privilege, rotated service accounts limit blast radius.
- C. Governed like any other access. Apply least privilege, SoD and certification to admins too.
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B. Only the rights they need. Least-privilege, rotated service accounts limit blast radius.
Only the rights they need. Least-privilege, rotated service accounts limit blast radius.
Credentials in IdentityIQ should be?
- A. Governed like any other access. Apply least privilege, SoD and certification to admins too.
- B. Only the rights they need. Least-privilege, rotated service accounts limit blast radius.
- C. Encrypted, never plain text. Secrets must be encrypted, never stored in plain text.
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C. Encrypted, never plain text. Secrets must be encrypted, never stored in plain text.
Encrypted, never plain text. Secrets must be encrypted, never stored in plain text.
Administrators of IdentityIQ should be?
- A. Only the rights they need. Least-privilege, rotated service accounts limit blast radius.
- B. Governed like any other access. Apply least privilege, SoD and certification to admins too.
- C. Encrypted, never plain text. Secrets must be encrypted, never stored in plain text.
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B. Governed like any other access. Apply least privilege, SoD and certification to admins too.
Governed like any other access. Apply least privilege, SoD and certification to admins too.