Saviynt is a cloud-native identity governance company that delivers converged identity security through its Enterprise Identity Cloud platform. The company provides identity governance and administration (IGA), privileged access management (PAM), cloud security, and application access governance in a single platform, eliminating the need for organizations to stitch together multiple point solutions for identity management. Founded in 2015 by Sachin Nayyar, Saviynt has grown rapidly by addressing the identity sprawl challenges that enterprises face as they adopt multi-cloud architectures and SaaS applications.
Enterprise Identity Cloud
Identity Governance and Administration
Saviynt’s IGA capabilities include automated identity lifecycle management, access request and certification workflows, role mining and engineering, and segregation of duties (SoD) analysis. The platform uses AI-driven identity analytics to recommend access decisions, detect anomalous entitlements, and streamline access reviews. Joiner-mover-leaver automation ensures that employees receive appropriate access on day one and have access revoked immediately upon departure or role change.
Privileged Access Management
The platform delivers cloud-native PAM with just-in-time privileged access provisioning, session monitoring and recording, credential vaulting, and privilege elevation controls. Saviynt’s approach converges PAM with IGA, providing unified governance across both standard and privileged accounts from a single platform. This eliminates the traditional silos between identity governance and privileged access management that create security gaps and operational overhead.
Cloud Privileged Access Management
Purpose-built for multi-cloud environments, CPAM provides visibility into cloud entitlements across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The platform identifies over-provisioned accounts, enforces least privilege through automated right-sizing recommendations, and manages ephemeral access to cloud infrastructure. CPAM addresses the unique challenge of cloud IAM, where the complexity of cloud-native permissions models far exceeds traditional on-premises role-based access control.
Application Access Governance
Saviynt provides deep, fine-grained access governance for enterprise applications including SAP (ECC and S/4HANA), Oracle EBS, Epic, Workday, and Salesforce. The platform maps application-level entitlements including transactions, roles, profiles, and authorization objects, and enforces SoD policies within these complex application environments. This capability is particularly valuable for organizations subject to SOX, GxP, and other regulatory requirements that demand application-level access controls.
Data Access Governance
Identity governance extends to unstructured data repositories, identifying who has access to sensitive files and folders across cloud storage platforms (Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive), file shares, and collaboration platforms. The platform detects over-shared data and enforces access policies based on data sensitivity classification.
Third-Party Access Governance
Saviynt manages the identity lifecycle for contractors, vendors, partners, and other non-employee identities. The platform provides self-service onboarding, time-bound access provisioning, and automated offboarding for external users who require access to corporate systems.
Identity Analytics and Intelligence
AI and machine learning capabilities power risk-based access decisions across the platform. Saviynt’s identity analytics engine identifies dormant accounts, excessive privileges, outlier entitlements, and potential separation-of-duties violations. Peer-group analysis compares user access patterns against similar roles to detect anomalous entitlements. These analytics drive intelligent access certification campaigns that prioritize high-risk reviews.
Integration and Connectivity
The Enterprise Identity Cloud connects to over 500 applications and infrastructure targets out of the box, including major ERP systems, cloud platforms, databases, SaaS applications, and custom applications via REST APIs. Pre-built connectors accelerate deployment and reduce the integration burden that has historically plagued IGA implementations.
FedRAMP Authorization
Saviynt holds FedRAMP authorization, enabling federal government agencies and defense contractors to use the Enterprise Identity Cloud for identity governance and compliance. This authorization differentiates Saviynt in the public sector identity market, where many competitors lack the requisite compliance certifications. The platform also meets IL4 requirements for Department of Defense use cases.
Funding
Saviynt raised $205 million in its Series C in 2024 at a $3.5 billion valuation, led by AB Private Credit Investors and Wisteria. Earlier rounds totaled approximately $170 million from NexPhase Capital and other investors. Total funding stands at $375 million.
The Series C round reflected strong demand for converged identity platforms amid growing cloud adoption, regulatory pressure, and the increasing role of identity as the primary attack surface for breaches. The valuation positioned Saviynt among the most valuable private identity security companies.
Key Verticals
Saviynt has developed deep expertise in several regulated industries. Healthcare customers rely on HIPAA-compliant identity governance for EHR systems like Epic and Cerner along with clinical applications. Financial services organizations use the platform for SOX compliance, SoD enforcement, and fine-grained access governance for banking applications. Energy and utilities customers need identity governance for operational technology environments and NERC CIP compliance. Public sector customers benefit from FedRAMP-authorized identity governance for federal agencies and defense contractors.
Market Position
Saviynt competes in the identity governance market against SailPoint (Thoma Bravo), CyberArk, One Identity (Quest), Omada, and Microsoft Entra ID Governance. The company differentiates through its converged approach, combining IGA, PAM, and cloud security in a single cloud-native platform rather than requiring separate products that must be integrated.
Saviynt has been recognized as a Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for IGA and has a growing presence in healthcare, financial services, energy, and the public sector. The company serves over 1,000 enterprise customers globally.
Leadership
Sachin Nayyar founded the company and serves as CEO, having previously been CEO of Securonix and EVP at Sun Microsystems. Jeff Margolies is Chief Product Officer. Paul Zolfaghari serves as President. Vibhuti Sinha is Chief Technology Officer and Romey Segismundo serves as Chief Information Security Officer.
Industry Recognition
Saviynt has been positioned as a Leader in multiple industry analyst evaluations, including the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Identity Governance and Administration and the GigaOm Radar for Identity Governance and Administration. The company’s convergent platform approach unifying IGA, PAM, cloud security, and application governance has been recognized as a strategic advantage as enterprises seek to consolidate identity tools and reduce operational complexity.