The Problem: The Identities Left BehindAs organizations grow and evolve, employees, contractors, services, and systems come and go – but their accounts often remain. These abandoned or “orphan” accounts sit dormant across applications, platforms, assets, and cloud consoles.The reason they persist isn’t negligence – it’s fragmentation. Traditional IAM and IGA systems are designed
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