Applied IAM

IAM integration: connecting identity to the systems you actually run

Your identity platforms are only as good as the connections between them. We build the SCIM, SAML and API integrations — and the custom connectors when no standard one exists — that wire PAM, IGA and access management into your HR system, your directories, your cloud and the applications your business runs on.

SCIM provisioningSAML and OIDCCustom connectorsSync monitoring
HRWorkdayThe joiner record starts here
SCIM
IdPEntra ID · OktaIdentity of record
SAML
IGASailPointEntitlements and reviews
API
PAMCyberArk · KeeperPrivileged access

A connector that quietly stops is how an access review comes back empty.

How it fits together

One connected system instead of a dozen islands. Your systems of record feed in, your identity platforms decide who gets what, and access flows out to every application automatically.

  • Feeds in: the HR system where the joiner record starts, Active Directory and LDAP as the directory of record, and cloud identity in Entra ID or Okta.
  • Decides: your governance, privileged access and access management platforms decide who gets what, and for how long. On the privileged side that is usually CyberArk.
  • Flows out to: cloud accounts in AWS, Azure and GCP, the SaaS applications people work in, ServiceNow and ITSM for requests and approvals, and SIEM and databases for the audit trail.

A connector that quietly stops is how an access review comes back empty.

A dozen tools in silosIn silos

Most organizations run a dozen identity and security tools that don't talk to each other.

  • Manual work in the gaps between them
  • Stale access left in those gaps
  • Audit findings living in those gaps
  • CSV imports and manual cleanup
One identity fabricConnected

Your systems of record feed in, your identity platforms decide who gets what, and access flows out to every app automatically.

  • Accounts created, changed and removed automatically
  • Access follows people as they join, move and leave
  • Every provisioning action logged and traceable
  • Breaks caught, not found at audit

What we build

HR system integration

The joiner record starts in the HR system, so every lifecycle automation depends on that feed being right. We build and maintain the connection from Workday, SuccessFactors, UKG or whatever you run into your governance platform, including the attribute mapping that decides what a role actually means for provisioning. On SailPoint estates that mapping is most of the work.

SCIM provisioning

SCIM is the open standard for automated user provisioning between systems. If accounts are created and removed by hand, or by spreadsheet, across several applications, SCIM is what replaces that with automatic provisioning. Where an application supports it we use it. Where it does not, we build a connector.

SAML and OIDC federation

Single sign-on done to the standard, so a user authenticates once and the integration keeps working when the vendor changes something.

Active Directory and directory integration

The directory is the record most other systems trust. We connect it properly, including the reconciliation work when two directories disagree with each other — the single most common reason an IGA implementation takes longer than planned.

Custom connectors

The legacy system or in-house application nobody else will integrate is exactly where this is worth paying for. Where no out-of-the-box connector exists, we develop one against the application’s API, or build the API it needs. The same approach handles the accounts no HR system will ever own — see service account management.

Application onboarding at scale

Onboarding applications one at a time is the long middle of every governance program. We build the framework that makes it repeatable rather than a fresh project each time.

Feeds in
HR & HRISthe joiner record
AD & LDAPthe directory of record
Entra · Oktacloud identity
The identity fabricPAM · IGA · Accessdecides who gets what, and for how long
SCIMSAMLCustom
Flows out to
CloudAWS · Azure · GCP
SaaS applicationsthe tools people work in
ServiceNow & ITSMrequests and approvals
SIEM & databasesthe audit trail

One connected system instead of a dozen islands — and one place to look when a joiner does not land.

How we deliver

01

Map

Inventory the systems, the data flows and which standards each one actually speaks, which is often not the one the vendor claims.

02

Design

Model the connectors, attribute mappings and provisioning rules.

03

Build and test

Develop, validate in staging, and prove the data flows correctly before anything touches production.

04

Run and monitor

Deploy, watch sync health, and tune as the environment changes. Integrations break quietly, so somebody has to be watching.

Integration work in practice

Insurance, 20,000+ employees

Facing a SOX deadline, our engineers deployed a unified onboarding framework and integrated 470 databases across six complex types in six weeks, against a six-month baseline, with the certification pipeline streamlined and self-service onboarding in place afterwards.

Banking group

Our engineers built a custom integration validating privileged access requests against change tickets automatically. 20,000 requests a day now checked, with approval time down from 15–20 minutes to under five. How the change-validation integration works

Why this work goes wrong elsewhere

  • We build, not just configure. Real development where no connector exists, rather than a workaround and a manual process that never goes away.
  • Standards done properly. SCIM, SAML and OIDC implemented to spec, so integrations survive vendor updates.
  • We own the edge cases. The legacy system nobody else will touch is usually the one holding the whole program up.
  • Audit-ready data flows. Every provisioning action logged and traceable, so integrations help an audit instead of complicating it. Where a framework deadline is driving the work, that ties into a compliance readiness assessment.
  • We do not disappear at go-live. Sync health is monitored and breaks are fixed, as part of managed IAM services if you want it carried for you.
  • The same team runs the platforms. The engineers who deliver PAM implementation build the connections between the platforms they operate.
ConnectorsApplied IAM
ConnectorsOne identity fabric
ConnectorsMappingsFailures
SourceStandardTargetLast runState
WorkdaySCIM 2.0→ IdentityIQ4mIn sync
Entra IDSAML→ Okta1mIn sync
ServiceNowREST→ CyberArk6mIn sync
EpicCustom→ IdentityIQ3hFailing
SalesforceSCIM 2.0→ Entra ID2mIn sync
acme-hrFlat file→ Keeper12mSchema drift

A connector that quietly stops is how an access review comes back empty.

FAQ

FAQs

Connecting your identity platforms to the systems that feed them and the systems they control: the HR system where a joiner record starts, the directories, the cloud accounts, the SaaS applications and the ITSM tool where requests are approved. Without those connections an identity platform can decide who should have access but cannot make it happen.

SCIM is the open standard for automated user provisioning between systems. You need it if accounts are being created and removed by hand across multiple applications. Where an application supports SCIM we use it. Where it does not, a custom connector does the same job.

Yes, and it is often why teams call us. Where there is no pre-built connector we develop one against the application’s API, or build the API integration it needs, so even bespoke systems join the rest of the estate.

The standard ones usually do. The difficulty is rarely the connector itself. It is agreeing what the data means: which HR field decides a role, what happens to a contractor who becomes an employee, and which system wins when two disagree. That mapping work is most of the effort.

Because somebody is watching it. Connectors fail silently, and the usual way an organization finds out is an access review that comes back empty or a new starter with no accounts. We monitor sync health and alert on failures rather than waiting for the symptom.

Yes. We assess what is running, what is failing and what was never finished, then repair or rebuild. Inherited integrations with no documentation are a normal starting point.

Let us map where identity should reach

A free consultation is 30 minutes on the systems you run and where identity does and does not reach today. You get the findings in writing: what is connected, what is manual, and what would have to be built.