Workload IGA (Identity Governance and Administration) extends traditional IGA processes — access reviews, lifecycle management, entitlement governance — to non-human identities like cloud workloads, service accounts, and machine identities.
⚙️ How Does It Work?
Workload IGA platforms inventory NHIs across environments, map them to owning teams, flag violations (orphaned, overprivileged, stale), automate lifecycle events (rotation, decommissioning), and provide audit evidence for compliance.
📍 Where Is It Used?
Mature identity security programs moving beyond human identity governance to address the larger and faster-growing NHI population.
💡 Real-World Example
A financial services firm extends SailPoint IGA to cover non-human identities after discovering 300,000 NHIs with no governance. Workload IGA reveals 45% are orphaned, 30% have never-rotated credentials, and 15% have excessive permissions. Systematic remediation reduces NHI risk to near-zero over 12 months.
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