Know who is requesting access
Build confidence in workforce, privileged, partner, customer, and federated identities before access decisions are made.
Pillar focus
Identity is where Zero Trust becomes operational.
UNIFY helps organisations treat identity as a governed control plane rather than just a login system, combining lifecycle, authentication, federation, and assurance into a practical operating model.
Identity is the control plane of Zero Trust, shaping how access decisions are made across workforce, privileged, partner, and federated environments.
Operating outcomes
What Zero Trust identity should deliver
Control lifecycle and ownership
Ensure identity creation, change, suspension, and removal align with authoritative sources, governance expectations, and operational reality.
Strengthen authentication and assurance
Use modern authentication, federation, policy, and contextual access controls to improve trust without relying on static assumptions.
Reduce fragmented identity risk
Avoid disconnected identity silos that weaken auditability, increase access risk, and slow down modernisation.
Control model
Make the signal useful to the whole Zero Trust model.
Where it shows up
Identity domains that matter
Workforce identities
Employees, contractors, and contingent workers whose lifecycle and access need to stay aligned with real organisational change.
Privileged identities
Administrative and elevated identities that require stronger governance, tighter policy, and clearer evidence of appropriate use.
External and federated identities
Partners, suppliers, guests, and trusted external users who still need controlled access to enterprise services.
Complex or non-standard identities
Identity types that do not fit a simple HR-driven workforce model and therefore need explicit ownership and control decisions.
UNIFY services
Service offerings that support this pillar
UNIFYConnect
Identity lifecycle automation and integration for governed joiner, mover, leaver, and access workflows.
UNIFYTrust
Trust-decision and verification support for identity, role, eligibility, and access evidence.
Strategy services
Practical identity and security roadmaps that connect Zero Trust intent to delivery sequencing.
View Zero Trust Outcomes Catalogue 3 Matches IdentityTrusted Sign-in IdentityIdentity Lifecycle Orchestration IdentityIdentity Protection
Zero Trust Outcomes Catalogue
Outcome map showing Zero Trust capabilities aligned to flagship services and technology.
IDENTITY
Capabilities that establish, migrate, and assure digital identities.
- Trusted Sign-in
- Identity Lifecycle Orchestration
- Verifiable Credentials
- Identity Protection
ACCESS
Controls that govern how users, customers, and partners gain the right access.
- Secure External Access
- Controlled Delegation
- Just-In-Time Privilege
- Federated Authentication
GOVERNANCE
Oversight capabilities that enforce policy, compliance, and least privilege.
- Enterprise Governance
- Access Lifecycle
- Data Protected
- Access Reviews
SECURITY
Security operations services that protect, detect, and respond across identities.
- Intelligent Threat Detection
- Dark Web & Supply Chain Insight
- Endpoint & Cloud Protection
- Vulnerability Management
Zero Trust Outcomes Catalogue
Zero Trust Outcomes Catalogue
Outcome map showing Zero Trust capabilities aligned to flagship services and technology.
IDENTITY
Capabilities that establish, migrate, and assure digital identities.
Trusted Sign-in
Deliver secure workforce authentication with resilient cloud identity.
ProductsFront-door sign-in experience.Identity Lifecycle Orchestration
Automate joiner, mover, and leaver processes with governance built in.
ServicesFoundational lifecycle automation.
Verifiable Credentials
Enable verifiable credential ecosystems and decentralised identity patterns.
ProductsSupports modern trust models.Identity Protection
Detect and remediate compromised identities using adaptive risk policies.
ProductsProtects credentials and sessions.
ACCESS
Controls that govern how users, customers, and partners gain the right access.
Secure External Access
Deliver frictionless yet secure access experiences for customers.
ProductsCustomer access journeys.Controlled Delegation
Enable secure delegation of administrative privileges and oversight.
ServicesDelegation pattern for partner and internal admins.
Just-In-Time Privilege
Control, monitor, and audit privileged accounts and sessions.
ProductsJIT admin elevation.Federated Authentication
Enable standards-based federation and single sign-on across cloud and enterprise identity providers.
ProductsFederated identity for workforce and customer journeys.
GOVERNANCE
Oversight capabilities that enforce policy, compliance, and least privilege.
Enterprise Governance
Orchestrate policy, entitlement lifecycle, and compliance controls.
ProductsUnified governance framework.
Access Lifecycle
Automate request, approval, and lifecycle workflows for entitlements.
ProductsDriven by Microsoft Entra ID Governance features.Data Protected
Protect sensitive data through policy, detection, and response controls.
ProductsPrevents data exfiltration.Access Reviews
Run periodic and event-driven access attestation campaigns.
ProductsKeeps access least privilege.
SECURITY
Security operations services that protect, detect, and respond across identities.
Intelligent Threat Detection
Deliver endpoint detection, response, and analytics using SIEM and XDR.
ProductsUnified endpoint threat detection.Dark Web & Supply Chain Insight
Detect compromised identities and supplier threats across external sources.
ProductsExtends monitoring beyond the perimeter.
Endpoint & Cloud Protection
Secure hybrid environments spanning on-premises and cloud workloads.
ProductsHybrid security posture.Vulnerability Management
Surface, prioritise, and remediate vulnerabilities across cloud and on-prem assets.
ProductsPowered by Tenable and Rapid7 platforms.
Practical next step
Turn the pillar into governed access decisions.
UNIFY helps organisations connect architecture, policy, lifecycle, and operational evidence so Zero Trust becomes something teams can run, review, and improve.
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Devices
After identity is understood, device posture and ownership become part of the access decision.
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