# Identity Lifecycle Management
> A reference guide and tool comparison for joiner, mover and leaver control across every application, including applications not connected to an identity provider or IGA platform. Editorial assessment from public vendor material, last reviewed September 2026.

## Guides
- [What is identity lifecycle management](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/guide/identity-lifecycle-management)
- [Joiner-mover-leaver process](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/guide/joiner-mover-leaver-process)
- [Orphan accounts: how to find and remove them](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/guide/orphan-accounts)
- [Disconnected applications](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/guide/disconnected-applications)
- [Identity audit evidence for SOX, NIST SP 800-53 and DORA](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/guide/identity-audit-evidence)

## Tools
- [Comparison of 8 identity lifecycle management tools](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/tools)
- Profiles: orchid-security, sailpoint-identity-security-cloud, saviynt, veza, microsoft-entra-id-governance, okta-identity-governance, c1, lumos (under /tools/)
- Head-to-heads: /tools/orchid-security-or-sailpoint, /tools/saviynt-or-sailpoint, /tools/veza-or-orchid-security

## Compare
- [Calculator: re-weight the scores](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/calculator)
- [Side-by-side compare](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/compare)
- Head-to-head pages: /compare/<a>-vs-<b> for 24 tool pairs, plus the 3 pages under /tools/
- Alternatives pages: /orchid-security-alternatives, /saviynt-alternatives, /veza-alternatives, /sailpoint-alternatives, /microsoft-entra-id-governance-alternatives, /okta-identity-governance-alternatives, /c1-alternatives, /lumos-alternatives

## University
- [Identity lifecycle management university](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university)
- [Glossary: 46 identity lifecycle terms](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/glossary)
- [What is a local account?](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/glossary/local-account)
- [What is identity observability?](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/glossary/identity-observability)
- [What is an access certification?](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/glossary/access-certification)
- [Lesson: NIST AC-2 account management](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/nist-ac-2-account-management)
- [Lesson: RBAC, ABAC and least privilege](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/rbac-abac-least-privilege)
- [Lesson: Human, non-human and agent identities](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/human-non-human-and-agent-identities)
- [Lesson: SCIM provisioning basics](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/scim-provisioning-basics)
- [Lesson: Account states](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/account-states)
- [Lesson: DORA identity and access requirements](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/dora-access-review-requirements)
- [Lesson: Separation of duties in access reviews](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/separation-of-duties-in-access-reviews)
- [Lesson: Application inventory for identity governance](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/application-inventory)
- [Lesson: Account reconciliation](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/account-reconciliation)
- [Lesson: Time to deprovision leavers](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/leaver-deprovisioning-time)
- [Lesson: Mover access drift](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/university/lessons/mover-access-drift)
- [FAQ](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/faq)

## Register notes
- [News recap, January to September 2026](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/identity-lifecycle-news-recap-2026)
- [Identity governance pricing](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/identity-governance-pricing-2026)
- [Running a proof of concept](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/identity-lifecycle-proof-of-concept)
- [Buyer's checklist](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/identity-lifecycle-buyers-checklist)
- [Orphan account myths](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/orphan-accounts-myths-and-facts)
- [User access review checklist](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/user-access-review-checklist)
- [AI agent identity lifecycle](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/ai-agent-identity-lifecycle)
- [Shared Signals and CAEP for leaver revocation](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/notes/shared-signals-caep-leaver-revocation)

## News
- [Identity lifecycle management news, 2026](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/news): dated summaries with source links, updated monthly.

## Reference
- [Editorial method](https://identitylifecyclemanagement.com/editorial-method)