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Modern IGA Is No Longer Optional: Key Takeaways from the 2025 Gartner® Buyer’s Guide for Identity Governance and Administration

As organizations accelerate their digital transformation, the role of identity governance has never been more critical or more complex. From hybrid IT and widespread SaaS adoption to the explosion of machine identities, today’s environment demands more from Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) than legacy systems can deliver.

The newly published Gartner® 2025 Buyer’s Guide for Identity Governance and Administration highlights this urgent shift. According to the report, “legacy IGA systems are struggling to keep up,” leaving many organizations exposed to compliance gaps, access risks, and operational inefficiencies.

So what should IT and security leaders be looking for when selecting a modern IGA platform?

Before diving into solution criteria, it’s important to understand what’s at stake.

 

The High Cost of Standing Still

Gartner outlines how traditional, role-based models and manual access reviews no longer align with dynamic, cloud-first environments. The result? Organizations face:

  1. Overprovisioned access and increased risk
  2. Audit failures due to lack of visibility
  3. Delayed user onboarding and productivity
  4. Inability to scale governance across modern architectures

These aren’t just inefficiencies, they’re real business risks. And they’re why a strategic, forward-looking approach to IGA is no longer optional.

 

What to Look for in a Modern IGA Solution

The Gartner Buyer’s Guide provides a framework to help organizations evaluate and select an IGA platform that meets today’s needs and adapts for the future. Some of the key capabilities identified include:

  1. Identity lifecycle automation to streamline onboarding and offboarding
  2. Effective access reviews that prioritize action and risk
  3. Risk-aware decision-making to support Zero Trust and compliance
  4. Integration flexibility for hybrid, SaaS, and on-prem environments

 

How Omada Helps You Get There Faster

Omada Identity Cloud was built with these exact priorities in mind. As a recognized leader in IGA, Omada delivers a modern, cloud-native platform that helps organizations automate governance processes, enforce least privilege access, and accelerate time-to-value through proven implementation frameworks.

With Omada, you can:

  1. Reduce risk and complexity across hybrid environments
  2. Replace manual tasks with policy-driven automation
  3. Improve audit readiness and compliance posture
  4. Gain visibility and control over all identities, human and machine

Whether you’re replacing a legacy system or launching IGA for the first time, Omada’s Accelerator Package and industry best practices help you achieve success in 12 weeks or less.

Want to know what to prioritize and what to avoid when evaluating IGA platforms?

Download the Gartner® 2025 Buyer’s Guide for Identity Governance and Administration to get expert guidance on choosing the right solution for your organization.

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