Use case
Streamline non-employee lifecycle management
Streamline onboarding, control access throughout, and ensure secure offboarding.
Challenge & solution
Secure and efficient lifecycle management
Accelerate onboarding through secure collaboration portals, prevent lingering access, and reduce third-party risk with automated oversight across every stage of the non-employee lifecycle.
The risks of manual lifecycle management
Onboarding delays stall productivity and frustrate business teams.
High-volume onboarding, like seasonal staff or M&A, overwhelms manual processes.
Access lingers past contract end dates, creating unnecessary risk.
Offboarding is error-prone, leaving orphaned identities that attackers exploit.
Automated, secure lifecycle management
Onboard third-party and external workers quickly with the right access from day one.
Support bulk onboarding to handle seasonal workers or large-scale transitions with ease.
Require NDAs or training before access is granted, with automatic expirations to helpensure security.
Timely offboarding for every non-employee to eliminate lingering risk.
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Why third-party access matters
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Benefits
Confident control of every non-employee lifecycle
With SailPoint Non-Employee Risk Management, you can govern access across the entire non-employee lifecycle. Accelerate onboarding, simplify bulk requests, enforce expiration timelines, and securely offboard external identities. Support workers who return for new assignments — or transition into employees — all with one governed identity.
Get access right, right away
Give contractors, partners, and other third-party workers fast, policy-driven access once prerequisites are met. Collaboration portals allow internal teams, partner organizations, or even the non-employeethemselves to complete steps like identity proofing, credential verification, NDAs, or training — improving accuracy while reducing manual effort.
Advanced Capabilities
Take your identity security solution even further
The SailPoint Identity Security Cloud delivers the essentials for most organizations. SailPoint also offers advanced capabilities for specific needs.
Related resources
More about identity security for non-employees
Related industries
Lifecycle management across industries
Non-employee relationships look different in every industry, but the lifecycle challenges remain the same. SailPoint Non-Employee Risk Management helps ensure consistent onboarding, oversight, and secure offboarding no matter the sector.
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Non-employee lifecycle management: What to know
How does Non-Employee Risk Management improve onboarding for non-employees?
Onboarding can be aligned to your exact business process. That means you can require identity proofing, credential verification, NDAs, or training before access is granted. Through collaboration portals, onboarding can be initiated and tracked by your internal teams, partner organizations, or even the non-employee directly (such as a volunteer). This shared workflow improves data accuracy and reduces the manual effort your team would otherwise handle.
Can I onboard a large group of non-employees at once?
Yes. Bulk onboarding makes it easy to handle seasonal workers, project-based contractors, or M&A transitions. You can import users directly via CSV to quickly grant access at scale. This removes the bottlenecks of manual provisioning, reduces errors, and ensures large groups of non-employees are governed consistently from day one.
How do expiration dates work?
An expiration date is set at the start of every non-employee assignment to ensure access never lingers. Automated revalidations can be used to confirm the access is still needed mid-term, and when the expiration date arrives, access is removed automatically. If additional time is required, your organization has the flexibility to extend it — maintaining security while adapting to real-world needs.
What happens if a contractor becomes a full-time employee?
A non-employee’s identity can transition seamlessly into employee status without creating duplicate accounts. Their history and entitlements stay tied to one governed identity, ensuring continuous oversight and reducing administrative complexity. This prevents gaps in governance and keeps audit trails intact through role changes.
Can I remove access immediately if needed?
Yes. If a non-employee becomes a security risk or a contract ends unexpectedly, you can revoke their access instantly with a single click. This protects your organization from unnecessary exposure and gives you the confidence that non-employee access is never active longer than it should be.