Ilantus IDaaS Next

Short Summary

The IDaaS market is expanding in size, vendor count, and breadth of offerings, but the umbrella term hides materially different solution types. IDaaS delivers Identity & Access Management and Access Governance “as a service,” ranging from Single Sign-On to full identity provisioning and governance across on-premise and cloud environments, with varying support for employees, partners, customers, mobile users, and on-premise integration. Three segments are distinguished: IDaaS SSO (cloud access and SSO, plus support for additional user groups and downstream SSO to on-prem apps), IDaaS B2E (cloud-delivered employee-centric IAM with strong on-prem integration, identity provisioning, and access governance, often in managed-service models), and IDaaS Digital (digital transformation needs, emphasizing customers/partners and complex interactions such as IoT and secure information sharing). Some convergence is expected, but specialization will persist.

Offerings also differ by delivery model: pure SaaS is multi-tenant and frictionless to onboard, while managed services are run per tenant. Inclusion criteria focus on customer-relevant elasticity and pay-per-use licensing. For IDaaS B2E, expected capabilities include hybrid infrastructure support, strong provisioning for cloud and on-prem, baseline access governance (auditing, access reviews, Segregation of Duties), federation/SSO with cloud provisioning, scalable directory services with flexible schemas, configurable authentication including step-up and emerging standards such as FIDO, policy-driven access management with coarse-grained authorization, and inbound federation plus self-registration. Integration with on-prem directories like Microsoft Active Directory is essential.

Ilantus IDaaS Next is positioned in the IDaaS B2E segment, built on Azure and AWS, evolving from Ilantus’s system integrator roots into a multi-tenant IDaaS provider. It emphasizes broad integration beyond Active Directory via its built-in identity store, extensive connectors plus a configuration wizard, and coverage beyond SSO into lifecycle management and access governance. MFA is strong with biometrics and flexible authenticators, though advanced adaptive/risk-based capabilities are less mature; FIDO options are being added. Deployment targets enterprises with rapid tenant setup and a “nested multi-tenant” model for large organizations. Roadmap items include SoD analysis and consent management, extending toward CIAM.

Interesting Facts

• The IDaaS market is still growing in size and number of vendors.
• IDaaS offerings range from Single Sign-On to full identity provisioning and access governance for on-premise and cloud environments.
• The IDaaS market is divided into three segments: IDaaS SSO, IDaaS B2E, and IDaaS Digital.
• Some IDaaS vendors serve two or all three market segments, while others focus on one segment.
• Managed service offerings are run independently per tenant, while pure-play SaaS solutions are multi-tenant by design.
• Elasticity of service and a pay-per-use license model are the two highest-relevance inclusion criteria from the customer perspective.
• Ilantus developed its IDaaS offering using Azure and AWS data centers.
• Ilantus IDaaS Next includes connectors to applications and a wizard to configure new target applications.
• Ilantus provides nested multi-tenant architecture that can support separate tenants for legal entities within large organizations.
• Ilantus has a roadmap that includes adding Segregation of Duties analysis support and consent management features.

Notable Quotes

• “Under the umbrella term of IDaaS, we find a variety of offerings.”
• “Mid-term, we expect to see some convergence.”
• “Pure-play SaaS solutions are multi-tenant by design.”
• “Customers can easily onboard, usually as simple as booking online and paying with a credit card.”
• “From that perspective, two aspects are of highest relevance: Elasticity of the service and a pay-per-use license model.”
• “IDaaS Next is an already mature and interesting offering with a well-thought-out roadmap for further improvements.”
• “In contrast to many IDaaS offerings, Ilantus focuses on supporting the full set of features we expect to see in IDaaS B2E type offerings.”
• “Policies can be based on baseline information such as geo-location and device information.”
• “Notably, some of the more advanced features are still roadmap items.”
• “With its capabilities, Ilantus is an interesting contender to the established players in the IDaaS market.”