Achieve zero standing privilege with just-in-time access controls

For years, the privileged access management playbook was simple: Find your few, high-risk administrative accounts, vault their credentials, and monitor their sessions. This approach was built for a world centered on human administrators, and a narrow definition of what access is privileged.

Today, privilege is everywhere. It has sprawled far beyond a limited set of admin accounts, embedding itself in thousands of business applications, SaaS platforms, and data stores. Agentic AI tools and other non-human identities expand this complex new attack surface. But traditional privilege solutions cannot see the full picture of privileged access, leaving a widening gap in enterprise security.

This isn't a future problem. According to SailPoint’s research, 61% of organizations admit they lack a complete, centralized inventory of their privileged entitlements. When high-risk access is active 24/7, it creates a persistent target for attackers. Organizations are left choosing between risky standing access and locking down systems in a way that slows the business. It’s a tradeoff they can no longer afford to make.

Democratizing privileged access

Today, we are excited to introduce two major advancements to our Privilege Security Posture Management (PSPM) capabilities: just-in-time (JIT) access and AI-powered privilege discovery and classification.

By uniting intelligent privilege discovery with low-friction, just-in-time (JIT) access, we are providing the critical infrastructure needed to deliver zero standing privilege for humans and machines. Both capabilities are generally available for SailPoint customers today.

Just-in-time access with privilege on demand

The number of human and non-human identities with access to sensitive systems is exploding. Many of these identities have “always-on” standing privileges, creating a massive and invisible attack surface. Our new just-in-time (JIT) access capability allows trusted users to activate pre-approved entitlements as they need them and only as long as they are needed.

Quickly enable just-in-time access for any type of privileged entitlement 

Key capabilities and benefits include:

• Zero standing privilege: Administrators can designate high-risk entitlements as "just-in-time-enabled," replacing persistent 24/7 access with dynamic, on-demand activation. This eliminates unnecessary exposure during periods of non-use.
• A dedicated launchpad : Business users can view all their just-in-time-approved entitlements from a single interface and quickly activate them without needing a new approval workflow, ensuring security doesn't come at the cost of productivity.
• Automated lifecycle and oversight: SailPoint handles the entire lifecycle, automatically granting access upon activation and removing it when the time expires. This gives security teams real-time visibility and a full audit trail of all on-demand sessions.

AI-powered privilege discovery & classification

Our new AI-powered privilege discovery engine finds the critical access risks and privileged entitlements your legacy tools can miss. It analyzes entitlement data from your digital ecosystem, comparing it against aggregated insights to find the "needle in the haystack" privileges that might otherwise go unnoticed. These new capabilities build on our established privilege discovery and classification capabilities.

Automatically discover and classify privileged entitlements

Here are some of the new advancements:

• Intelligent recommendations: The platform proactively surfaces entitlements that are likely privileged but unclassified, providing context-rich explanations for each recommendation.
• Streamlined review : Identity and application owners receive recommendations directly within their existing workflows, helping them to easily review, validate, and assign the appropriate risk level.

The future of universal and dynamic privilege

These new capabilities represent a critical step forward in our broader vision for Privilege Security Posture Management (PSPM) and our mission of democratizing privilege and real-time governance.

Achieving this requires evolving alongside legacy solutions. It requires a holistic, identity-centric understanding of where all types of privilege exists and how to govern it intelligently. With AI-powered privilege discovery serving as your eyes and just-in-time access serving as your control plane, SailPoint provides the essential context needed to make intelligent governance decisions.

Ready to get started?

Reach out to your account representative to schedule a demo of just-in-time access and our AI-powered discovery capabilities today.

Read the just-in-time access data sheet.