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Security Engineering

Identity & Access Management

Know where you stand. Define where you need to go.

Ploy Identity Risk ScanIAM AssessmentMFA & PasswordlessIGAPAMZero Trust
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Why it matters

The business case for IAM

Identity is the new perimeter. Getting it right creates competitive advantage — not just security hygiene.

  • Align IAM with business and digital transformation goals
  • Meet regulatory obligations: DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, SOC 2
  • Accelerate M&A, cloud migration and Zero Trust adoption
70%

of all cyber breaches involve compromised identities

Gartner
€20M

maximum GDPR fine for inadequate access controls

GDPR Art. 83
3×

faster audit readiness with a mature IAM programme

Industry benchmark
What we do

How we help

A structured IAM assessment and strategy service — evaluating your identity landscape across people, process and technology, then producing a clear, prioritised roadmap.

01

Maturity Assessment

Benchmark your IAM capabilities against NIST, ISO 27001 and CIS. See where you're strong and where critical gaps exist.

02

Risk & Gap Analysis

Surface vulnerabilities, compliance exposure, privileged access risks and lifecycle weaknesses in a prioritised risk register.

03

Strategic Roadmap

A phased, business-aligned roadmap with timelines, effort estimates, investment requirements and success criteria.

04

AI-Augmented Insights

AI tooling accelerates analysis and pattern detection across your identity estate — faster, deeper insights than manual review.

Our approach

Our methodology · typically 4–6 weeks

Week 1

Discover

Interviews, document review and technology inventory.

  • Structured workshops
  • Policy & process review
  • Directory inventory
  • Risk surface mapping
Weeks 2–3

Assess

Maturity benchmarking and regulatory gap mapping.

  • IAM maturity scoring
  • Regulatory gap analysis
  • Privileged access review
  • Identity lifecycle assessment
Week 4

Analyse

AI-assisted pattern detection and risk prioritisation.

  • Pattern detection
  • Root-cause identification
  • Risk scoring
  • Control gap register
Weeks 5–6

Roadmap

Phased roadmap, investment model and executive readout.

  • Phased improvement roadmap
  • Timelines & owners
  • Investment estimates
  • Quick-win identification
Deliverables: IAM maturity scorecard · Risk & gap register · Phased strategic roadmap · Executive presentation
Standards & frameworks

Mapped to what your regulators and customers demand

DORADigital Operational Resilience ActFinancial services
NIS2Network & Information Security DirectiveCritical infrastructure
GDPRGeneral Data Protection RegulationAll sectors
ISO 27001Information security managementAll sectors
SOC 2Service organisation controlsTechnology & SaaS
Cyber EssentialsUK government baselineUK organisations
Pain points we address

Sound familiar?

01

Cyber strategy gaps

No clear owner, outdated policies, or identity controls lagging behind the threat landscape.

02

Regulatory pressure

DORA, NIS2, GDPR and ISO 27001 all demand demonstrable identity governance.

03

Third- and fourth-party risk

Partner and supply-chain access is often the weakest link.

04

Immature GRC processes

Disconnected governance leads to duplicated effort, control gaps and poor audit evidence.

05

Ageing, complex infrastructure

Legacy directories, SaaS sprawl and hybrid estates make consistent access control costly.

Why SquareVertex.AI

What you get with us

AI-augmented analysis

Patterns, anomalies and risks across your identity estate surfaced faster than manual review alone.

Practitioner-led

Our IAM lead is a former Global IAM Lead at a global technology firm, with over 30 years' experience.

Vendor-neutral

Recommendations built around your organisation — not a technology partner's roadmap.

Clear, actionable outputs

No 200-page reports: a concise scorecard, risk register and roadmap leadership can act on.

Gateway to the full suite

Feeds directly into our MFA, IGA, PAM and Zero Trust offerings.

Free first step

Start with a free IAM Readiness Conversation

In 30 minutes we'll help you identify your top three identity risks and whether a full assessment is the right next step.

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The Identity & Access Management suite

  1. IAM Assessment & Strategy
  2. MFA & Passwordless Deployment
  3. Identity Governance & Administration
  4. Privileged Access Management
  5. Cloud IAM & Zero-Trust Architecture
Partner offer · SquareVertex × Ploy

Start with a free identity scan

Two read-only scans, delivered with Ploy, that put hard numbers on identity risk and access-request effort — and feed straight into our IAM Assessment & Strategy roadmap.

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About three weeks

Identity Risk Scan

Okta, Entra ID or Google Workspace: apps outside SSO, ownerless service accounts, dormant guests and leavers' access — with a risk register and 30/60/90-day plan.

48 hours

ITSM Access Request Scan

Twelve months of access-request tickets, classified and costed: volume, wait times, IT effort and the share you can automate.

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