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This year’s SailPoint Navigate conference was a showcase of innovation, technical depth, and community spirit. Here are the six highlights that stood out most from our experience at Navigate 2025.
The Navigate Hackathon was a true highlight for our team, with Michael Bird, Medo Hafnaoui, and Philip Martinez bringing home the first-place trophy. The team’s winning entry, OwnerShip, addresses a key gap in identity management by simplifying how organizations handle identity-linked object ownership.
OwnerShip enables teams to monitor users with high levels of ownership, transfer ownership between identities, and manage open approvals associated with those objects—all in a seamless, intuitive workflow.
Learn more about OwnerShip and its impact on identity management in the SailPoint Developer Community.
“Winning the Hackathon was a fantastic experience. The UI Dev Kit opens up new possibilities for ISC functionality.”
Medo Hafnaoui, Senior Platform Architect
A recurring theme throughout the conference was the expanding focus on identities beyond humans. SailPoint’s new Agent Identity Security (AIS) module was unveiled, offering powerful tools to discover, govern, and secure AI agents at the entitlement level. This shift reflects the growing complexity of identity landscapes as organizations prepare for an era dominated by machine and agent identities.
“Agent Identity Security (AIS) is an exciting addition to further the governance of customer environments, as the use of agents is becoming more prevalent in the enterprise.”
Matt Graves, Principal Solution Advisor
IdentityIQ (IIQ) remains a cornerstone of SailPoint’s platform, and the IIQ Roadmap session drew some of the largest crowds at Navigate. The upcoming IIQ 9.0 release promises a modernized UI, simplified certifications, and new SaaS integrations, including MCP Server. While IdentityIQ 9.0 introduces valuable enhancements, the upgrade process, particularly the transition from Java EE to Jakarta EE, will require thoughtful planning and execution to navigate effectively.
“IdentityIQ 9.0 is coming with some great updates, but the migration will be a challenge, especially moving to Jakarta EE.”
Michael Bird, Senior Platform Architect
SailPoint’s new Identity Graph capability was a standout innovation, enabling teams to visualize relationships between identities, roles, and entitlements. This tool empowers organizations to shift from reactive identity management to proactive oversight, offering critical visibility into complex relationships and access patterns. By connecting SailPoint data with other identity sources like Active Directory and CyberArk, teams can better understand and manage access across their entire ecosystem.
“The Identity Graph lets us move from reactive responses to proactive control, really letting you see how everything connects.”
Philip Martinez, Director of IAM: SailPoint
The traditional model of certifying static entitlements is being replaced by a focus on certifying the policies and mechanisms that drive access provisioning and deprovisioning. With zero standing privilege and ephemeral access models, organizations must now verify the rules and models that grant access, rather than just the entitlements themselves. This shift requires a new approach to access governance and ongoing policy review.
“Instead of just certifying who has access to what, we’re now looking at the actual rules and processes that grant that access. It’s a big shift in how we think about identity governance.”
James Yoder, Product Manager
Leadership at SailPoint and across the industry is prioritizing rapid application onboarding, moving from project-based to programmatic approaches. Crowd sourcing, management, visualization, and impact analysis are becoming essential tools for driving adoption and enforcement. MajorKey is exploring ways to help organizations streamline onboarding through innovative products and collaborative strategies.
As we catch up on sleep and reflect on our time at SailPoint Navigate 2025, our team left energized by the mix of technical innovation, real-world collaboration, and fresh perspectives around identity security. We’re excited to apply what we learned, especially as machine and agent identities take center stage in our daily operations.
And of course, winning the Hackathon was a highlight we won’t forget!
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