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12/06/2026 9:53 pm
TL;DR: Gartner’s IVIP category formalises a visibility layer that correlates identity data across IGA, PAM, ITDR, ISPM and identity providers so teams can answer who has access, where posture is weak, and what the exposure costs, according to Axiad and Gartner. Siloed IAM controls are no longer enough when machine identities and autonomous agents expand the attack surface faster than governance can review it.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Axiad: What Is an Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform (IVIP)?
By the numbers:
- Gartner projects that by 2028, 70% of CISOs will be using an IVIP to reduce their IAM attack surface.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams correlate identity risk across IAM tools?
A: Security teams should build a correlation layer that normalises identity data from IGA, PAM, ITDR, posture tools, directories, and cloud systems into one inventory.
Q: Why do non-human identities make identity governance harder?
A: Non-human identities make governance harder because they are numerous, machine-speed, and often embedded in applications and infrastructure rather than managed as discrete user accounts.
Q: When should organisations prioritise identity visibility over more point tools?
A: Organisations should prioritise identity visibility when existing tools still cannot answer basic questions about who has access, where privilege is excessive, or how broad the blast radius is.
Practitioner guidance
- Build a single identity inventory layer Consolidate identity data from directories, cloud platforms, SaaS, PAM, IGA, ITDR, and secrets systems into one correlation model so effective access can be assessed across tools, not inside them.
- Classify non-human identities as governed assets Track service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, certificates, cloud roles, and AI agents with explicit owners, lifecycle states, and privilege scopes so they receive review and offboarding discipline.
- Prioritise exposure by quantified business impact Use risk scoring and financial exposure estimates to rank identity remediation work by blast radius, privilege sensitivity, and likelihood instead of by alert volume.
What's in the full article
Axiad's full blog post covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- How Axiad Mesh correlates identity data across IGA, PAM, ITDR, ISPM, directories, SaaS, and secrets systems.
- The vendor's description of risk scoring and financial exposure calculations using ALE.
- Examples of how IVIP-style visibility maps to remediation workflows in existing identity stacks.
- The article's comparison of IVIP with ISPM, CIEM, and ITDR in practical deployment terms.
👉 Read Axiad's analysis of identity visibility and intelligence platforms →
IVIP and identity risk: what IAM teams need to know now?
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13/06/2026 12:16 am
Identity visibility is becoming the missing control plane for modern IAM. The category exists because organisations have accumulated too many partial identity tools without a way to correlate their outputs into one operational picture. That leaves governance blind to effective privilege, toxic combinations, and NHI exposure across systems. Practitioners should treat visibility as a control layer, not a reporting convenience.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 72% of organisations have experienced or suspect they have experienced a breach of non-human identities, according to The 2024 ESG Report: Managing Non-Human Identities.
- Two-thirds of enterprises have endured a successful cyberattack resulting from compromised non-human identities, and a quarter encountered multiple attacks.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What does identity risk quantification add to IAM governance?
A: Quantification turns identity findings into ranked decisions by linking privilege, likelihood, and exposure to business impact. That helps security leaders explain why certain entitlements, accounts, or integrations should be remediated first, rather than treating every finding as equal.
👉 Read our full editorial: Identity visibility and intelligence platforms close IAM blind spots
