Identity is the perimeter now. Most breaches start with compromised credentials — not a firewall failure. Okta, Entra ID, and device management done correctly close the most common attack vector and satisfy the MFA and access control requirements that cyber insurers and compliance auditors require.
There's a meaningful difference between having user accounts in Microsoft 365 and having a managed identity environment. The former is a collection of usernames and passwords. The latter is a governed system where access is conditional, devices are managed, and every login is verified against policy.
Cyber insurers, HIPAA auditors, and SOC 2 assessors are all asking for the latter. Most SMBs show them the former and hope no one looks too closely.
MFA is available but not enforced. Some users have it, some don't. Insurers and auditors want coverage — not availability.
Personal phones and laptops connect to company email and files with no device management policy, no encryption enforcement, and no remote wipe capability.
Former employees retain access for weeks after departure. Contractors and vendors accumulate permissions over time. No formal provisioning or deprovisioning process exists.
Single sign-on across all business applications — SaaS, on-prem, and cloud. Automated provisioning and deprovisioning tied to HR workflows. SAML and OIDC integrations across your application stack.
Entra ID architecture for Microsoft 365 environments — conditional access policies, hybrid join, B2B collaboration, and cross-tenant configurations for organizations operating across multiple entities.
Mac fleet management with Jamf, Windows and cross-platform with Intune. Enrollment, configuration profiles, compliance policies, software deployment, and remote wipe — applied to every device accessing company data.
Admin account inventory, privileged access separation, just-in-time access controls, and service account governance. The controls cyber insurers look for in Section 1 of every questionnaire.
Every SaaS and on-prem application brought into the SSO umbrella. Legacy apps without native SSO support handled through Okta's application network or custom SAML configurations.
Identity controls mapped to the requirements they satisfy — HIPAA, SOC 2, cyber insurance MFA mandates, and PCI access control requirements. Documentation produced for auditors, not just for internal reference.
The identity architecture practices we bring to SMB engagements were developed in enterprise environments where identity failures have regulatory consequences. HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI compliance requirements all run through identity and access controls — we've implemented them where the stakes were high and the auditors were real.
Tell us what your environment looks like today. We'll tell you what a properly governed identity architecture looks like for your size and compliance requirements.
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