Elimity Acknowledged By Gartner as Key Player 'Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platforms' (IVIP)

For years, organisations have invested heavily in IAM: IGA here, PAM there, CIEM in the cloud, secrets management layered on top. Each of these tools solves an important problem — but each also creates its own silo.

The result? Identity data is scattered, inconsistent, and incomplete. Security leaders asking simple questions like “Who has access to our most critical systems?” often face days of manual digging across disconnected tools.

This is the challenge Gartner has now given a name: Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platforms (IVIP).

What are Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)?

According to Gartner, IVIPs gather, categorise, and visualise identity data across directories, tools, and IAM domains.

They’re not another directory. They’re not meant to replace PAM, IGA, or CIEM. Instead, they act as the intelligence layer that makes sense of identity data already spread across the enterprise.

Key characteristics of IVIP:

1. Cross-tool visibility: Unify identity data from different sources into one view.

2. Context & relationships: Connect accounts, roles, and entitlements across systems — showing the real permission fabric.

3. Designed for modern complexity: Handle not just human users, but the exploding number of service accounts, API keys, and machine identities.

In short: IVIPs are the missing layer of visibility in the IAM stack.

Elimity explained this concept earlier in our blog in The 4-Step Guide to Building an Identity Data Fabric.

Why IVIP matters now? 

1. AI Readiness

   AI projects create huge numbers of machine and service identities. Without visibility, organisations cannot answer even the simplest question: What can these AI agents actually access?

2. Risk Reduction and Zero Trust

   Zero Trust means verifying every identity and every access. This is impossible without complete visibility. IVIP makes it possible to enforce least privilege at scale.

3. Regulatory Pressure and Compliance

   Boards, auditors, and regulators now expect real-time answers. Spreadsheets are no longer enough. IVIP gives an authoritative view of access risk that meets modern compliance needs.

4. Security Team Efficiency

   SOC analysts need context quickly. They must know what an account can do and what the blast radius is. IVIP provides instant insights, helping teams investigate faster and cut through the noise.

How Elimity Fits into IVIP

At Elimity, we have been building toward this vision from the very beginning.

Being mentioned in Gartner’s framing of IVIP validates our approach and highlights the differentiators that set us apart.

1. Automated, continuous visibility. Elimity ingests and unifies identity data from your stack: 
   • Repositories (e.g., Active Directory, Azure AD, Okta)
   • Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions (e.g., SailPoint, Omada, OneIdentity)
   • Privileged Access Management (PAM) systems (e.g., CyberArk, Delinea)
   • HR platforms (e.g., Workday, SAP, AFAS software)
   • Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
   • SaaS applications (e.g., Office 365, G Suite, GitHub)
   • Various databases (e.g. SharePoint, Dropbox, Windows File Shares)
     
     
2. Identity intelligence engine. We go beyond collection. Elimity analyzes entitlements to highlight toxic combinations, excessive permissions, and unused access. Raw data becomes actionable insights.
   
   
3. Business-ready analytics. Reports and dashboards are designed not only for IT but also for auditors, compliance teams, and business stakeholders. We speak the language of risk, not just identity.
   
   
4. Quick time-to-value. Unlike heavy IAM deployments, Elimity is fast to implement. Within weeks, organisations gain full visibility into who has access to what — and why.
   
   
5. Complementary, not competitive. Elimity does not replace your IGA, PAM, or CIEM. We make them stronger by providing the visibility and intelligence they lack.

This approach is not new to us. In our earlier blog on the Identity Data Fabric, we explained the four steps that guide how Elimity delivers on this promise.

Want to see Identity Visibility & Intelligence in Action?

Gartner has given the category a name. We’ve been building it for years.

👉 Book a demo with Elimity and discover how Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platforms can transform your identity governance strategy.