Accelerate application onboarding

Closing the coverage gap

Every identity program eventually hits a wall after securing systems with out-of-the-box connectors. This wall is the 'long tail' of applications without native connectors, which often remain ungoverned and become a significant source of risk.

Closing this gap typically requires a hard trade-off between speed and thoroughness. SailPoint is changing that equation with the new connectivity agent. This new agent provides an AI-guided setup experience that brings more of your application portfolio under identity security without requiring an API expert on staff. It accelerates onboarding by replacing manual web services configuration with an AI-assisted wizard. This compresses a multi-day or week project into a single session so you can govern more applications faster.

Why does the long tail of applications stay exposed?

Onboarding applications without native connectors is notoriously slow and expensive. Manually configuring a web services source requires teams to translate complex API documentation into endpoints, schemas, and correlation mappings. This grueling process demands highly specialized fluency in both the target system's API and SailPoint itself.

Because this manual integration is difficult, organizations quickly accumulate a backlog of ungoverned applications. Leaving critical security gaps wide open, audit questions unanswered, and the identity program protecting a percentage of the enterprise instead of the whole ecosystem.

How does the connectivity agent speed up application onboarding?

The connectivity agent replaces manual configuration with a guided wizard built directly into SailPoint application onboarding. Instead of mapping API documentation to configuration fields by hand, your administrators simply tell the wizard which system they want to connect. AI agents then recommend how to configure it using conversational prompts and intelligent endpoint suggestions. The experience is purpose-built for the well-documented SaaS applications that make up the bulk of the ungoverned long tail.

The impact is direct:

• Faster coverage: Compress web services configuration from a multi-day project into a guided session.
• Fewer specialized skillsrequired: Onboard straightforward SaaS apps without REST APIexpertise on staff.
• Confidence before production: Validate every endpoint before it goes live.

AI recommends while your team decides

AI in identity security should assist rather than act on its own. The connectivity agent does the heavy lifting of drafting configuration, but it never applies changes automatically.

Your administrators stay in the loop as the experts. They review the data returned by each endpoint, validate every recommendation, and explicitly accept each one before it commits. If a suggestion looks incorrect, it is simply not applied. The standard manual setup flow also remains available for teams needing full control.

Transparency is built in from the start. Administrators must acknowledge an AI disclaimer and confirm their rights to any provided materials before using the wizard to ensure the experience is opt-in and accountable.

Scaling your identity governance program

The connectivity agent scales your identity governance program by matching the pace of connectivity to the pace of application adoption. It extends a broader onboarding experience that helps you discover enterprise applications, receive connector recommendations, map identities to accounts, and delegate onboarding to subject matter experts.

Together, these capabilities cover the full lifecycle so you can discover what you have, connect what matters, correlate identities, and govern access at the speed of your organization's growth.

The bottom line

Your identity security investment can reach your entire application portfolio. You can reduce risk, confidently answer audit questions, and quickly bring hundreds of previously ungoverned applications under governance.

Ready to close your coverage gap?

The connectivity agent is available now as part of SailPoint application onboarding. To learn more please check out the SailPoint Compass community, SailPoint developer community, or reach out to us for more details.