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27/06/2026 1:00 pm
TL;DR: Public Gartner Peer Insights listings place identity governance capabilities at #2 in Insurance and Manufacturing in EMEA and #5 in Telecommunications as of 7 April 2026, according to Nexis and Gartner, highlighting where these capabilities are surfacing in complex regulated environments. The signal is less about product ranking than about the growing need for explainable access intelligence across hybrid identity estates.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Nexis: Analysts Nexis in EMEA and Gartner peer data on IGA visibility
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should teams improve access reviews in complex hybrid environments?
A: Teams should start by improving entitlement visibility before trying to optimise review frequency.
Q: Why do traditional IGA workflows fall short in regulated industries?
A: Traditional workflows often handle provisioning and certification well, but they do not always explain the relationships behind access.
Q: What breaks when access data is fragmented across many systems?
A: When access data is fragmented, organisations lose the ability to reconstruct who has what and why.
Practitioner guidance
- Inventory entitlement relationships across hybrid systems Build a cross-system map of identities, roles, inherited permissions, exceptions, and delegated access so governance teams can see where explainability breaks down.
- Prioritise high-risk access paths for explanation Focus first on privileged, regulated, or business-critical entitlements where auditors and approvers need a clear path from identity to permission.
- Separate workflow automation from governance quality Measure whether certifications and approvals are backed by reliable entitlement data, because automation without relationship modelling only accelerates bad decisions.
What's in the full article
Nexis's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- The exact Gartner Peer Insights review context behind the EMEA industry positions.
- The vendor's explanation of why insurance, manufacturing, and telecommunications were used as evidence points.
- The product framing for Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform capabilities in heterogeneous estates.
- The 2025 Gartner Hype Cycle references that Nexis cites in support of its market view.
👉 Read Nexis's analysis of Gartner peer data for IGA in EMEA →
Gartner peer data and IGA visibility in EMEA industries?
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27/06/2026 2:09 pm
IGA is becoming an intelligence problem before it is a workflow problem. The article reflects a broader market truth: organisations cannot govern what they cannot explain. In complex EMEA sectors, identity structure is accumulated across systems, and workflow automation alone does not resolve the relationship between identities, entitlements, and risk. Practitioners should read this as a signal that governance architecture must start with visibility.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 97% of NHIs carry excessive privileges, increasing unauthorised access and broadening the attack surface, according to Ultimate Guide to NHIs.
- Only 5.7% of organisations have full visibility into their service accounts, according to Ultimate Guide to NHIs.
A question worth separating out:
Q: Who should own identity intelligence in an IGA programme?
A: Identity intelligence should be owned jointly by IAM, governance, and security stakeholders because it affects both operational access and audit defensibility. The key is to treat entitlement modelling as a programme capability, not a one-time implementation task. Ownership should sit where data quality, policy, and business context can be maintained together.
👉 Read our full editorial: Nexis in EMEA: what Gartner peer data says about IGA
