Saviynt offers many out-of-the-box connectors specifically designed for integration with popular enterprise applications (for example, Salesforce, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, SAP and many more). These connectors make it quick and easy to onboard these applications and bring them under the Saviynt management umbrella.
However, 83% of organizations globally also use hundreds of custom-built apps to fulfill specific internal business requirements. For most of these applications, there are no ready-made connectors; organizations need to develop and maintain their own connectors to enable enforcement of consistent application security and compliance policies.
Furthermore, multiple industry reports reveal that anywhere from 40% to 70% of custom-built applications are not connected to IGA systems. For organizations with lower-maturity IGA programs, this number goes up to 80%. This results in security gaps and a much more difficult compliance reporting process.
A new way to configure and provision entitlements
While Saviynt has long provided various connector frameworks and APIs to enable custom connector development, building and maintaining connectors can be complex and time-consuming, especially when it comes to working with entitlements, which can be unique to each custom application.
This is where Saviynt’s new Entitlement Lifecycle Management Framework (ELMF) can help. ELMF streamlines and standardizes the way entitlements are managed within custom application connectors.
ELMF provides custom connectors with a single, consistent method to configure and provision entitlements. By default, the framework includes the Saviynt identity platform’s core identity governance capabilities, including self-service request portal, approval workflows, comprehensive audit trail, and more. It also automatically implements the security and governance policies customers have configured in their own environment–ensuring consistent enforcement of policy across custom apps as well as popular commercial apps.
ELMF also streamlines operations by eliminating manual entitlement provisioning steps. It automatically handles provisioning actions for groups as well as entitlements, resulting in faster, more accurate provisioning, with lower administrative costs.
The simplicity of ELMF ensures it can be used by IAM administrators, application owners or help desk staff, in addition to developers. This means organizations can get custom app integrations to production faster, at lower cost, with less development expertise required.
How ELMF benefits the organization
- Closes security and compliance gaps by enabling organizations to effectively connect many more of their applications to the identity governance platform
- Accelerates time to value by simplifying and standardizing configuration and maintenance of integrations with custom apps
- Ensures consistent security and compliance policy by leveraging the power of Saviynt’s centralized platform for all apps
- Delivers faster, more accurate provisioning by eliminating the need for manual entitlement provisioning–reducing service desk workload
Check it out
ELMF is available now for database and REST-based target apps. Full technical details are documented here.
If your organization is already using custom application connectors built using Saviynt’s previous generation connector frameworks, ELMF can work alongside it.
Saviynt ELMF
- Provides a simplified, standardized method for handling entitlements for custom app integrations
- Includes an access request portal, approval workflows, and more
- Automatically implements Saviynt platform policies
- Eliminates manual entitlement provisioning
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