Every account, every privilege, one view
Access review is the control most programmes fail on, because the data lives in six systems and the review happens in a spreadsheet. NorthIron consolidates identity from your connected systems into one directory, runs the review inside the platform, and produces the evidence as a by-product.
What this looks like today
Access data is scattered
Identity provider, cloud console, code repository, HR system. Reviewing across them means exporting four files and hoping the names match.
Leavers keep their access
Offboarding happens in the HR system. Deprovisioning happens, eventually, somewhere else. The gap between the two is where breaches start.
Machines and agents are out of scope, and should not be
Service accounts, API keys, build tokens and now AI agents hold real privilege. Almost no review process covers them.
One directory, then a review that finishes
A single identity source of truth
NorthIron consolidates users and their privileges from connected systems into one directory, with role, access level and system-by-system entitlement visible per person.
Reviews with a defined scope
Scope a review to what matters: privileged accounts, users in one system, access still held by people who have left, or entitlements nobody has touched in six months. Reviewers act inside the platform, and every approval or revocation is recorded.
- Reviewer, decision and timestamp captured per entitlement
- Bulk import for systems without a direct connection
- Scheduled cadence per scope, so the review recurs on its own
Human, machine and agent identity together
Service accounts and non-human identities sit in the same directory as employees, so the review covers the credentials attackers actually use.
Evidence produced as a by-product
The completed review becomes an evidence artefact linked to the access control requirements in every framework you hold. Nobody assembles it afterwards, because it was assembled as the review happened.
Four systems, one directory, one decision per entitlement.
- Identity provider
- Cloud accounts
- Code repositories
- Service accounts and agents
Where compliance stops being paperwork
Identity governance is the point at which a control becomes security rather than documentation. Building the review on the same directory that feeds control scoring means an access gap shows up as a drop in readiness on the day it appears, not at the next quarterly review.
What changes once this is running
- One directory covering human, machine and agent identity
- Scoped reviews that finish, because they are not boil-the-ocean exercises
- Automatic evidence for access control requirements across frameworks
- Faster detection of access that should have been removed
- A clear answer for the access review section of any security questionnaire
Questions we are asked about this
Which identity systems does NorthIron connect to?
The cloud, identity and code platforms listed on the integrations page, with bulk import available for systems without a direct connection. Further connectors are in development.
How often should we run access reviews?
Quarterly is the common expectation for privileged access under SOC 2 and ISO 27001, with annual review accepted for lower-risk entitlements. NorthIron schedules and tracks both.
Does this replace our identity provider?
No. NorthIron reads from your identity systems and governs what it finds. It does not authenticate your users into other applications.
See it against your own programme
The call opens the product, not a deck. A practitioner walks you through this capability with your situation in front of them.