Register notes: identity lifecycle management articles
Dated notes filed alongside the guides, newest first. Each one is written from public vendor material, official standards and our news log, and lists its sources at the end. Filter by tag to find notes on pricing, buying, audits or standards.
Identity lifecycle management buyer's checklist: 20 questions for vendors
Twenty questions in six groups, and which ones vendor pages already answer.
ILM Reference editors · 3 minute read
Identity lifecycle news from January to September 2026, grouped by theme
Platform changes, two acquisitions, new discovery and audit releases, and the standards that moved, in one place.
ILM Reference editors · 4 minute read
Identity governance pricing in 2026: what the eight vendors publish
One full price, one partial price list, one published structure and five quotes.
ILM Reference editors · 3 minute read
AI agent identity lifecycle: joiner, mover and leaver for non-human accounts
There is no HR record for an agent. What replaces it, what vendors shipped in 2026, and where the gaps are.
ILM Reference editors · 4 minute read
Shared Signals and CAEP: ending a leaver's live sessions, not only the account
Why the leaver timestamp misses open sessions and tokens, and how standard security events close part of the gap.
ILM Reference editors · 4 minute read
User access review checklist: how to prepare a campaign auditors accept
Ten preparation steps, from scoping by application to the evidence file, with the disconnected-app step most campaigns skip.
ILM Reference editors · 5 minute read
Orphan accounts and disconnected applications: six myths and the facts
Six things teams assume about orphan accounts, checked against published documentation.
ILM Reference editors · 3 minute read
How to run a proof of concept for an identity lifecycle management tool
Test on your applications, against an account list you built yourself.
ILM Reference editors · 4 minute read