Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) extends traditional Identity & Access Management (IAM) to include governance, control and compliance processes. Whilst IAM primarily manages identities and access, IGA focuses on the overarching management, traceability and control of authorisations within complex enterprise environments.
IGA helps organisations ensure that users can only access those systems and data that they actually need – in a traceable, compliant and audit-proof manner.
Today, organisations no longer simply manage digital identities; above all, they manage significantly more complex authorisation structures across hybrid IT landscapes. Cloud platforms, SaaS applications, external partners, privileged accounts and technical identities give rise to dynamic access models that are virtually impossible to track without centralised control.
As a result, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) is becoming a strategic management layer within modern IAM architectures. IGA provides transparency regarding authorisations, responsibilities and access decisions, and helps organisations implement regulatory requirements in a controlled and audit-proof manner.
Particularly in regulated corporate environments, the focus is on issues such as recertification, segregation of duties (SoD), auditability and controlled authorisation processes. At the same time, IGA reduces operational risks, improves the traceability of access and lays the foundation for scalable identity processes that can be managed in the long term.
IGA is thus increasingly becoming a central component of modern security, compliance and governance strategies.
Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) is becoming increasingly important, particularly due to regulatory requirements. Organisations must be able to document in a traceable manner who has access to which systems, how authorisations are granted, and whether these are still required.
Regulations such as ISO 27001, TISAX, DORA, NIS2, SOX or internal compliance requirements demand controlled processes for the granting of authorisations, recertification, segregation of duties (SoD) and audit-proof traceability of access.
IPG supports companies in integrating IGA processes into existing IAM architectures in a manner that fully complies with regulatory requirements and in developing them to ensure long-term compliance.
Identity Visibility & Identity Proofing (IVIP) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) complement one another within modern IAM architectures. Whilst IVIP verifies and validates users’ identities, IGA ensures that access and permissions are managed in a controlled, traceable and compliant manner.
Particularly in regulated corporate environments, the combination of verified identities and controlled authorisation processes is crucial for security, compliance and auditability.
IPG supports organisations in integrating IVIP and IGA processes – from identity verification and the secure onboarding process through to the long-term management of roles, authorisations and access rights.
IGA projects concern not only technologies, but also organisational processes, regulatory requirements and company-wide security policies. Organisations must be able to trace at all times how access rights are created, who authorised them, what risks are associated with them, and whether access remains justified from both a business and regulatory perspective.
IPG therefore supports organisations – particularly those in the banking and financial services, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, public sector, critical infrastructure, armaments and defence, energy supply, aerospace and media sectors – with a holistic and regulatory-focused IGA approach:
This results in transparent, controllable and regulatory-compliant authorisation structures across the entire IT landscape.
IPG works with established providers in the field of Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and supports organisations in selecting, implementing and operating suitable platforms.
