Identity Gaps are the New Insider Threat

When legitimate credentials are used for illegitimate purposes, traditional defenses fall short. That’s the reality government agencies are facing—across state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. The challenge isn’t just keeping bad actors out anymore; it’s spotting them when they’re already in, using real accounts to move laterally, elevate privileges, and quietly dig deeper.

This is where SailPoint solutions can help meet and exceed your agency’s Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) objectives by improving visibility and control of all access to government data no matter where it lives. It’s not enough to verify a user at login—especially when many state and local agencies can’t easily tap into authoritative data sources like HR systems. What’s needed now are intelligent tools that can catch subtle shifts: an unexpected privilege change, access to a system with no clear need, or behavior that just doesn’t fit the pattern.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine how organizations can manage and secure access to critical data and applications
• Outline the steps to incorporate AI into existing and new cybersecurity tools to strengthen detection and response time
• Identify metrics that can measure the effectiveness of current cybersecurity tools and the change that using AI can make