Ilantus Compact Identity

Short Summary

Identity & Access Management (IAM) has become central to protecting digital corporate assets as enterprise environments grow more hybrid and complex. Traditional network perimeters have eroded due to mobile access, partner and customer integration, and cloud adoption, while the business value of digital assets has increased—especially with connected devices and smart manufacturing. Effective IAM reduces attack surface by enforcing least privilege, automating account and entitlement management, and enabling regular reviews to detect excessive access. At the same time, IAM is a business enabler, streamlining onboarding and access changes for employees, contractors, partners, and customers while ensuring timely deprovisioning when access is no longer needed.

IAM is described as spanning “core IAM” (often termed Identity Governance and Administration, IGA) and broader capabilities such as Privileged Access Management (PAM), Web Access Management, and identity federation. IGA combines identity provisioning (account creation and entitlement assignment across systems) with access governance (analysis, recertification, and access request workflows). The market is converging from on-premises IAM to IDaaS, driven by faster time-to-value and cloud-ready integrations that extend controls to growing SaaS portfolios, though offerings vary widely in scope and audience support.

Ilantus Compact Identity is positioned as an IDaaS service bundle aimed primarily at mid-market and SMB needs, with optional on-premises or hybrid deployment. Built from a unified platform (consolidated in 2014), it delivers IGA and access management from a single codebase and extends into PAM, basic CIAM, identity risk analytics, and additional areas like EMM and API security. Strengths include ESSO for non-web/thick-client apps, flexible workflow and policy customization, connectors plus a DIY integration wizard, and modern dashboards. Challenges include limited SoD/risk analytics depth, missing compliance framework reporting, and a still-growing partner ecosystem and regional presence.

Interesting Facts

• IAM manages user accounts and entitlements across a variety of organizational systems and applications.
• Mobile access, partner/customer integration, and cloud application shifts have reduced the relevance of the traditional network perimeter.
• IGA consists of identity provisioning and access governance.
• IDaaS is described as a fast-growing IAM segment characterized by cloud-based delivery of traditional IAM services.
• Ilantus merged its product offerings into a single IDaaS platform in 2014.
• Ilantus Compact Identity can be delivered as a public cloud service and can also be deployed on premises, including private cloud and hybrid models.
• Compact Identity includes access management features such as authentication, SSO, authorization, and password management.
• Compact Identity supports identity federation standards including OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0.
• Compact Identity provides PAM capabilities including session monitoring and recording plus privileged access request and approval workflows.
• Built-in access governance includes access certification campaigns and dashboards that can identify orphaned or dormant accounts.

Notable Quotes

• “IAM done right ensures that identities, their user accounts and passwords, and their access entitlements are well-managed.”
• “IAM thus reduces the attack surface by helping organizations moving towards the ‘least privilege’ principle.”
• “IAM is the tool for implementing the workflows and automated processes for onboarding users and granting them access.”
• “IGA, in fact, is an umbrella term for two of the core elements of IAM, which are Identity Provisioning and Access Governance.”
• “IDaaS is one of the fastest growing market segments of IAM characterized by cloud-based delivery of traditional IAM services.”
• “Compact Identity focuses on delivering IGA and AM capabilities from a single codebase that can meet more complex requirements on IGA.”
• “The workflow capabilities are flexible and support a basic registration workflow as well as access request and approval workflows.”
• “Ilantus Compact Identity brings the expertise of providing enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) to non-web-based applications including thick-client applications.”
• “Ilantus Compact Identity comes with a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ wizard to simplify integration and initial configuration for onboarding new applications.”
• “As an easy to onboard and use solution, Ilantus Compact Identity makes an ideal choice of IDaaS for mid-market organizations that are looking to start their IAM journey without significant effort and investment, favoring a lean IAM operating model and comprehensive capabilities.”