Find the Right
IAM/PAM Platform

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Strategy First, Platform Second. Selecting an IAM/PAM platform is a foundational decision that shapes security, user experience, and operational effectiveness across your institution. Moran brings deep expertise to help you approach this decision as part of a broader strategy and not just a technology selection.

IAM and PAM as Strategic Enablers

Strengthening privileged access isn’t just about meeting audit or compliance requirements. It’s also about enabling your institution to operate securely while supporting how people actually work.

Getting IAM and PAM right requires balancing security, usability, and operational realities. Moran helps you cut through the marketing jargon, define your requirements within the context of your broader security and institutional strategy, evaluate options objectively, perform a like-for-like comparison, and make decisions that support long-term transformation.

How We Make It Happen

Moran’s IAM and PAM platform evaluation process is grounded in your institution’s specific security strategy, operational realities, and long-term goals rather than a generic evaluation checklist.

How We Assess IAM and PAM
Our evaluation is structured around these key areas:

  • Environment and Current State

  • Requirements and Strategic Alignment

  • Platform Capabilities and Fit

  • Operational and Workforce Readiness

  • Stakeholder Alignment across security leadership and IT teams who manage the system

What We Deliver

  • Defined and prioritized requirements grounded in your campus’s security strategy

  • Objective, like-for-like platform comparison using Moran’s Decision Matrix

  • Vendor-neutral recommendation with procurement justification

  • Roadmap for platform selection and implementation planning

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  • You have such a rockstar team on the SailPoint project. They are moving us along and it’s going great!

    Private University Chief Information Officer
  • Moran provided an excellent overview reflecting the work both Moran’s and our team have driven together. The feedback from my team was genuinely positive, and we could not have gotten here without Moran’s guidance, expertise, project oversight, and openness to feedback. Moran delivered a thoughtful, well-structured roadmap that clearly ties together governance, lifecycle, data abstraction layer considerations, with a strong focus on keeping it actionable.

    Private University Chief Information Security Officer
  • Partnering with Moran was a turning point for our IT organization. They helped us uncover foundational areas for digital transformation, guided us in building a strategic roadmap to address long-standing challenges, and coached our team with clarity and purpose. Their support empowered us to make real progress toward becoming a more agile and service-oriented IT operation.

    Public Research University Chief Information Officer
  • The Moran team’s higher ed experience and their depth and breadth of knowledge were invaluable in the creation of our IT strategic assessment. In addition to their experience and knowledge, they are fantastic to work with!

    Private Art & Design College Chief Information Officer
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