Identity Security for growing companies
Your auditor will find your identity gaps. We find them first. A fixed-scope, 2-week assessment that tells you exactly what is exposed, what the audit will flag, and what to fix — before the clock starts.
About 10 business days from access grant to board-ready report. Complex environments scoped separately. Critical findings are flagged in real-time, never held until report delivery.
The 90-day window nobody manages
When a company grows past 50 people, hits a compliance deadline, or goes through an acquisition, Identity Security falls into a gap. Most IT teams don't have the time or tooling to assess it properly — until an auditor does it for them.
Orphaned accounts nobody owns
Terminated employees, departed contractors, and deprovisioned roles stay active in Okta and downstream apps long after offboarding. Invisible until an auditor or attacker finds them first.
Admin privilege nobody reviews
Growing companies accumulate admin access faster than they remove it. By the time a SOC 2 auditor or cyber insurance underwriter asks for an access review, the answer is already wrong.
MFA gaps in the wrong places
MFA is enabled on the login page but not enforced on privileged roles, service accounts, or legacy app integrations. Attackers and auditors find the same gaps. Usually in that order.
Cyber insurance questionnaires you can't answer cleanly
Underwriters now ask specific questions about access governance, MFA coverage, and privileged account inventory. Most growing companies don't have defensible answers — and renewals are showing it.
SOC 2 and audit prep done at the last minute
Access certifications, JML documentation, and privilege reviews get scheduled when the auditor asks for evidence — not before. The gap between what you have and what you need shows up at the worst possible time.
AI agents and machine identities with ungoverned access
Copilot, Claude, internal bots, and automation service accounts are wired into production systems with static credentials and no lifecycle owner. NIST’s 2026 research shows 92% of enterprises lack visibility into their AI identities. Nobody is certifying what they can reach.
"Every growing company has the same Identity Security gaps. The question is whether you find them now — or your auditor does."
These gaps are predictable, recurring, and expensive to ignore. SOC 2 audits, cyber insurance renewals, rapid headcount growth, and M365 or Okta migrations all surface them — usually at the worst possible time. An Identity Security assessment finds them first, before they become findings, fines, or headlines.
Three stages. Clear outcomes.
Every engagement follows a defined process with a defined deliverable. No ambiguity about what you are getting or what happens next.
A complete read-only review of your identity environment — Okta, SailPoint IdentityNow, Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, or any hybrid combination. Delivered as a written findings report your board, auditor, or insurer can read. Remediation is not included — you get the findings and the roadmap. Your team decides what to fix.
- Okta, SailPoint IdentityNow, Entra ID / Azure AD — all supported
- MFA coverage, orphaned accounts, admin privilege review
- JML process gap analysis
- IES score, ARM calculation, MIRI analysis
- Written report + 60-min readout call
- Post-assessment ROI brief — quantified risk exposure and remediation savings
Optional. Scoped and priced separately from the assessment — never included in the $10,000 fee. The assessment tells you what to fix and gives you the roadmap. Remediation is your team's call. If you want help executing, this is a fixed-scope engagement to close the top findings.
- Critical finding remediation
- Okta policy and group cleanup
- Offboarding process documentation
- Audit-ready evidence package
Fixed-scope monthly intelligence retainer. Continuous IES scoring, monthly briefing, and a prioritized remediation roadmap that stays current as your environment changes. Flat fee — no hourly billing, no overages. 3-month minimum, month-to-month after that.
- Monthly IES scoring + drift alerts
- Prioritized remediation roadmap, updated monthly
- AI agent and machine identity governance (NIST/OWASP aligned)
- Monthly intelligence briefing (30 min)
- Quarterly risk intelligence brief — threat trends, regulatory calendar, framework updates
Identity Risk Assessment: Frameworks + Judgment
Three proprietary frameworks — IES, ARM, MIRI — mapped to SOC 2, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS v4.0, and CIS v8. Every finding cross-referenced to specific control numbers. Delivered in 14 days. Your team gets the findings and the roadmap — what you fix is your call.
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Risk Ready Identity is a specialized Identity Security practice with direct experience managing identity posture inside high-growth, acquisition-driven environments at scale, covering human users, service accounts, and the growing footprint of AI agents and machine identities now embedded in production workflows. Assessment methodology is aligned to SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS v4.0, CIS Controls v8, and the 2026 NIST/OWASP AI agent identity standards. Every finding maps to specific control numbers across all five compliance frameworks.
The practice was built around a simple observation: every growing company has the same Identity Security gaps, and most internal IT teams do not have the time or tooling to find them before auditors do. The rapid rollout of AI assistants and automation has only widened that gap.
The assessment product exists to close that gap. A defined engagement that surfaces what is exposed, prioritizes what matters, and gives your team a clear path forward with no ambiguity about scope or cost.
Risk Ready Identity applies the Gartner IAM Program Maturity Model and the IGA + Access Management taxonomy to assess and remediate identity posture for growing companies. Every engagement places your program on the five-level maturity scale across the six domains Gartner measures, so findings land inside the same framework your CISO, auditors, and underwriters already reference.
Ready to see what is actually exposed?
If your audit window is 30+ days out, there is still time to get findings before the auditor does. A 15-minute call is enough to determine whether the assessment fits your environment and timeline. No sales deck. No pressure.