SailPoint and the Cyber Assessment Framework

This document is a guide that outlines the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) produced by the National Cyber Security Centre, aimed at helping organizations achieve and demonstrate an appropriate level of cyber resilience. It discusses the challenges faced by Local Authorities in managing identities and access control while preventing cybersecurity threats. The guide details how SailPoint's AI-driven security platform provides autonomous governance to meet the CAF outcomes related to identity security. It presents objectives such as managing security risks by ensuring appropriate access for non-employees, protecting against cyber attacks through least privilege access, conducting periodic access reviews, and discovering sensitive data. Additionally, the document explains the importance of detecting cybersecurity events and minimizing the impact of incidents by taking automatic actions when risk signals are detected. Overall, it emphasizes the need for a robust identity security framework to support modern enterprise operations.