Identity & Access Management — Zero Trust, PAM, and IAM Architecture
Identity lifecycle, privileged access, access certification, SSO and MFA, role engineering, and zero-trust architecture. NIST 800-207 aligned, mapped to CMMC, FedRAMP, and HIPAA.
Govern who accesses what. Then prove it.
Identity is where most breaches start and where most compliance findings land. The default answer — “we have SSO and MFA” — covers maybe 30% of what auditors and threat actors actually look at. The rest is privileged access, lifecycle automation, recertification cadence, and segregation of duties. Building those takes a year and breaks if any one of them is missing. We build the whole identity surface as one program, not five.
What’s Included
Identity lifecycle automation — joiner, mover, leaver workflows. Provisioning, deprovisioning, role assignment, access auditing.
Privileged access management (PAM) — vaulting, just-in-time access, session recording, break-glass procedures.
Access certification — quarterly recertification campaigns mapped to your access-control framework. Output is auditor-ready.
SSO and MFA — selection, deployment, and tuning of identity providers (Okta, Entra, Ping, Duo, others). Enforcement coverage gap analysis.
Role engineering — least-privilege role design from first principles or from current-state mining. Role catalog and ownership.
Zero-trust architecture — NIST 800-207 aligned design and rollout. Identity-aware proxies, micro-segmentation, continuous verification.
ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Assess, design, build, operate.
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Assess (2–3 weeks)
Current identity stack, access patterns, privileged inventory, gap analysis against frameworks.
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Design (3–4 weeks)
Target architecture, role catalog, lifecycle workflows, PAM deployment plan.
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Build (8–16 weeks)
Automation, integrations, role rollout, MFA enforcement, certification pipelines.
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Operate (handoff or retainer)
Your team owns operations; we support escalations, certification cycles, and yearly architecture review.
Framework Mapping
| Capability | Frameworks |
|---|---|
| Identity lifecycle + RBAC | NIST 800-53 (AC family) · CMMC AC domain · FedRAMP IAM · ISO 27001 A.9 |
| PAM | NIST 800-53 (AC-6) · CIS Controls 5 · NIST 800-171 (3.1.5) |
| Zero trust | NIST SP 800-207 · CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model |
| MFA + SSO | NIST 800-53 (IA-2) · CMMC (IA family) · HIPAA §164.312(d) |
Outcomes
- A documented identity architecture with role catalog, lifecycle workflows, and PAM coverage your auditor can walk top-to-bottom.
- Quarterly access certification on autopilot — emails, evidence collection, manager attestations, exception handling.
- A zero-trust posture you can show progress on across maturity stages, not just claim.
Frequently Asked Questions
What identity providers do you work with? Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping, ForgeRock, Duo, Auth0, Keycloak, and others. Selection is part of the assessment if you’re greenfield.
Do you implement, or just advise? Both. We design the architecture and we configure the platform. Our team includes engineers who write the integrations.
How long does a full IAM rollout take? A focused PAM deployment runs 3–4 months. A full identity overhaul (lifecycle + RBAC + PAM + zero-trust) runs 9–14 months phased.
Can you support a CMMC AC-domain audit? Yes. We map every control to your environment and deliver auditor-ready evidence.
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