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ExploreIdentity & Access Management
Identity is the perimeter now
When applications, data and users are spread across cloud and office, the only consistent control point left is who someone is and what they are allowed to reach.
How it fits together
The account nobody disabled
Every identity review we run finds the same things: active accounts belonging to people who left, administrator rights granted for a project years ago, shared logins for a critical system, and service accounts with passwords that have never been rotated.
The diagram is illustrative. It shows the shape of the capability rather than any specific customer environment.
Overview
In practice
None of that is unusual, and none of it is anyone's fault in particular. Identity accumulates. Without a defined joiner, mover and leaver process it drifts, and each drift is a route in.
We put structure around it: a single authoritative directory, role-based access, enforced multi-factor authentication, conditional access aligned to risk, and a review cycle that keeps it accurate.
What changes
Outcomes we are measured on
The point of the work, stated as results rather than product names.
01
Access that ends when employment does
A defined offboarding process across directory, applications and devices.
02
Fewer passwords, better control
Single sign-on across applications so users have less to remember and you have more to monitor.
03
Administrator rights that are earned
Privileged access granted for a purpose and a duration rather than held permanently.
04
Evidence for access reviews
Reportable, reviewable access rights that hold up to internal audit questions.
Capabilities
What sits inside this practice
Capability areas we design, implement and support. Scope for any engagement is agreed and documented in writing.
Directory services
The authoritative source of identity.
- Active Directory
- Entra ID
- Directory Services
- Hybrid Identity
- Directory Synchronisation
- Group Policy
- Domain Consolidation
Authentication and access
Proving who someone is.
- Single Sign-On
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Conditional Access
- Authentication
- Zero Trust Identity
- Passwordless Options
- Secure Remote Access
Governance
Keeping rights correct over time.
- Identity Governance
- Role-Based Access Control
- Privileged Access
- Joiner / Mover / Leaver
- Identity Lifecycle
- Access Reviews
- Segregation of Duties
- Service Account Management
How we deliver
A sequence, because order matters here
Each stage produces something you can review before the next one starts.
Audit
Full account inventory: active, dormant, privileged, shared and service accounts, mapped against current employment records.
Rationalise
Remove what should not exist, group what belongs together, and define roles that reflect how the organisation actually works.
Enforce
MFA, conditional access and privileged access controls rolled out in phases with communication and support.
Review
A recurring access review cycle with reporting, so the position stays accurate after the project ends.
Questions
The things people ask before signing anything
Configured badly, yes. Configured well, most users authenticate once per device and rarely see a prompt again. Conditional access lets you require additional verification only where risk justifies it — an unfamiliar location, an unmanaged device — rather than constantly.
Often yes, for file services, print, or line-of-business applications that authenticate against it. A hybrid identity model keeps both directories in step. Whether you can eventually retire the on-premises directory is worth assessing, but it is rarely the first move.
Not a product. It is the principle that no request is trusted purely because of where it comes from. In practice it means verified identity, device compliance checks, least-privilege access and segmentation — implemented incrementally, not as a single project.
Separate administrative identities from daily-use accounts, enforce MFA on them, limit standing privilege, and log their use. Where the platform supports just-in-time elevation, we implement it.
Technologies supporting this capability
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