Garancy

Garancy is a leading provider of Identity & Access Management (IAM) headquartered in Berlin. For more than 40 years, the company has been developing solutions that support the secure and efficient operation of IT infrastructures. Garancy is a well-established player, particularly in Europe, and impresses with deep expertise in complex IT environments and highly regulated industries.

With the Garancy Identity Manager product line, Garancy offers a powerful platform for Identity Governance & Administration. Companies can use it to centrally manage and transparently control identities, permissions, roles, passwords, and access across different systems. Garancy is particularly strongly positioned in European markets and addresses both mid-sized companies and large organizations with high requirements for compliance, security, and business continuity.

The Garancy portfolio includes several modules for identity management, access governance, recertification, process automation, password management, and data access governance. At its core is Garancy Identity Manager, a platform for the end-to-end management of user identities, access rights, and roles.

• Garancy Identity Manager – central platform for identity lifecycle management

Garancy Identity Manager forms the foundation of the suite. It enables centralized control of identities, roles, groups, permissions, and target systems. User information from HR systems, directory services, or business applications can be processed and used for automated provisioning processes.

This solution is particularly relevant for companies that need to connect many different systems. Garancy supports the management of access rights across platforms and applications, helping to replace manual permission processes with rule- and role-based automation. This makes joiner, mover, and leaver processes more transparent, faster, and less error-prone.

• Garancy User Center – efficient management of the employee lifecycle

Garancy User Center supports companies in managing the entire employee lifecycle. New users can be set up in a structured manner, permissions assigned on a rule-based approach, and changes to employment status implemented in a controlled way.

When employees change roles, move departments, or leave the company, the User Center ensures that permissions are adjusted or revoked. This reduces the risk of outdated accounts, over-privileged access, or users who are not deactivated in time.

• Garancy Recertification Center – regular review of permissions

Garancy Recertification Center supports companies in the regular recertification of users, roles, and access rights. Business owners can review whether existing permissions are still necessary, appropriate, and compliant with policy.

This function is particularly important for Identity Governance & Administration, internal controls, and audits. Garancy helps companies conduct access reviews in a structured way, document decisions, and reduce risks from unnecessary permissions.

• Garancy Access Intelligence Manager – transparency into permission structures

Garancy Access Intelligence Manager provides a comprehensive view of identities, roles, permissions, and potential risks. Companies can analyze permission structures, detect anomalies, and create a basis for decisions on governance measures.

This transparency is particularly critical in IT landscapes that have grown organically over time. Access Intelligence Manager helps companies better understand existing access rights, make risk potential visible, and continuously improve permission models.

• Garancy Process Center – governance workflows for IAM processes

Garancy Process Center allows IAM processes to be controlled and automated through workflows. This includes approval processes, self-service requests, administrative procedures, and individual process requirements.

This allows companies to combine business and technical requirements. Requests are processed transparently, approvals are documented, and permission changes are implemented in a controlled manner. This makes IAM processes more efficient and audit-ready.

• Garancy System Center – role and data management for business departments

Garancy System Center supports business departments and administrators in accessing role and identity data. This allows those responsible to be more closely involved in maintaining and controlling permission structures.

This business-side involvement is especially critical for role-based access concepts. System Center helps maintain role models more effectively, assign responsibilities more clearly, and implement changes in a traceable way.

• Garancy Password Management – secure password processes

Garancy Password Management supports companies in the cross-platform management of password changes and password resets. The goal is to make password processes more secure, consistent, and user-friendly.

Through automated synchronization across connected systems, password changes can be implemented more efficiently. This reduces helpdesk workload while simultaneously strengthening security.

• Garancy Data Access Governance – control over unstructured data

Garancy Data Access Governance supports companies in managing access rights to file and document management systems. Unstructured data in particular poses a significant risk in many organizations, as permissions often develop organically over time and are difficult to track.

With Data Access Governance, companies can better control who has access to sensitive files, folders, and documents. This increases transparency over unstructured data and reduces the risk of uncontrolled access.

Garancy is used wherever companies face the highest requirements for compliance such as ISO 27001, DORA, and NIS2, as well as traceability and automation.

Garancy is particularly well suited for companies that want to centralize, automate, and make their identity and permission processes regulatorily robust. The platform is frequently used in organizations whose IT landscapes have grown over many years, and in which numerous systems, applications, roles, and user groups need to be connected.

Typical use case scenarios include automated provisioning, user lifecycle management, role modeling, access reviews, recertifications, password management, and data access governance.

Garancy helps companies implement key requirements for access control, traceability, and audit readiness. In regulated industries, organizations must be able to demonstrate which identities have access to which systems and data, how these permissions were granted, and whether they are regularly reviewed.

Through automated provisioning, role-based permission assignment, recertifications, audit reporting, and transparent permission analyses, Garancy creates a robust foundation for compliance requirements. This is particularly relevant for companies that must meet requirements from ISO 27001, DORA, NIS2, or KRITIS.

Garancy helps reduce manual permission processes, document approvals in a traceable way, and identify over-privileged access more quickly. This not only reduces the risk of security incidents but also the effort required for internal controls and external audits.

Garancy stands out through its combination of long-standing market experience, a deep focus on complex enterprise environments, and high flexibility in implementation. Garancy specifically addresses organizations with hybrid, heterogeneous, and often organically grown IT landscapes.

A key differentiator lies in its strong coverage of the entire identity lifecycle. Garancy combines user management, role management, provisioning, recertification, access intelligence, process control, password management, and data access governance in a modular suite. This allows companies to start with individual modules and expand the platform step by step.

Garancy is particularly relevant for organizations with high requirements for integration capability, operational security, and regulatory traceability. The solution is suitable for companies that want to integrate classic systems, business applications, directory services, cloud components, and unstructured data sources into a unified IAM model.

Another advantage is its European focus and development in Germany. For companies that value proximity to the manufacturer, regulatory understanding, and long-term investment security, this is an important factor.

Licensing for Garancy Identity Manager is generally based on the number of managed identities and the functional modules used. Companies can adapt the scope of functionality to their requirements and expand the platform step by step.

Depending on the project, modules such as User Center, Recertification Center, Access Intelligence Manager, Process Center, System Center, Password Management, or Data Access Governance can be combined. This means Garancy can be used both for targeted IAM initiatives and for comprehensive identity governance programs.

IPG supports companies in evaluating the right license and module structure and developing a target vision for introduction, operation, and future expansion.

Garancy supports both classic on-premises scenarios and operation as SaaS from the cloud. This allows the solution to be flexibly adapted to different security requirements, operating strategies, and existing IT architectures.

For companies with highly regulated environments, existing data center landscapes, or special data storage requirements, on-premises remains a relevant operating model. At the same time, the SaaS model opens up new possibilities for organizations that want to use IAM functionality more flexibly and reduce operational effort.

In addition, Garancy can be integrated into hybrid IT landscapes.

IPG has been a long-standing partner of Garancy and has extensive expertise in implementing and operating the Garancy Suite. We support companies from analysis through architecture planning to production rollout, and provide best-practice guidance on topics such as role modeling, SAP system integration, and compliance requirements.

We bring experience from numerous projects across a range of preferably regulated industries.

IPG has successfully implemented Garancy solutions at various companies. These projects are typically characterized by high levels of automation, audit-proof processes, and sustainable governance models.

In practice, topics such as automated provisioning, role modeling, recertification, SAP integration, password management, and access governance are often at the forefront. The goal is to make permissions more transparent, reduce manual effort, and meet regulatory requirements more efficiently

Would you like to introduce the Garancy Suite in your company, modernize existing IAM processes, or manage permissions more transparently and in an audit-ready way?

IPG supports you with consulting, architecture, implementation, integration, and operation of modern Garancy solutions. Contact us for individual consultation, a proof of concept, or a quick check of your existing IAM and permission landscape.