Question 1

What is C1 Identity Governance?

Accepted Answer

C1 Identity Governance brings identity lifecycle management, access requests, RBAC, just-in-time access, access reviews, separation of duties, remediation, and audit evidence into one module for people, non-human identities, and AI agents.

Question 2

What is the difference between IAM and identity governance (IGA)?

Accepted Answer

IAM authenticates identities and enforces access at the point of use. Identity governance and administration (IGA) adds the policy, lifecycle workflows, approvals, access reviews, conflict detection, and audit evidence needed to keep that access appropriate over time.

Question 3

Does C1 Identity Governance replace my existing IAM or SSO provider?

Accepted Answer

No. C1 Identity Governance works alongside an existing IAM or SSO provider, adding the lifecycle automation, access request, review, and compliance workflows that authentication and single sign-on don't cover on their own.

Question 4

How does C1 Identity Governance automate joiner-mover-leaver (JML) workflows?

Accepted Answer

Authoritative HR or directory events can trigger onboarding, role-change, and offboarding workflows automatically: provisioning day-one access, recalculating permissions when a role changes, and revoking access across connected systems when employment ends.

Question 5

Can C1 Identity Governance manage human and non-human identities, including AI agents, together?

Accepted Answer

Yes. C1.ai connects workforce identities, service accounts, workloads, and AI agents to their accounts, entitlements, and access paths so lifecycle, access requests, reviews, and remediation apply under one governance model instead of separate systems.

C1 Identity Governance

The AI-native solution for identity lifecycle, access management, reviews, and compliance.

Automate identity lifecycle

Govern every access decision

Keep controls audit ready

Automate onboarding, role changes, and offboarding

Let people and agents request access where work happens

Keep role access current and temporary access temporary

Give reviewers the context to make the right decision

Catch access conflicts before they become findings

Close every control with defensible evidence

What you'll use:

Manage every identity decision in one governance system.

Resources

AI-Native Identity Governance

C1.ai to join Workday

2026 Future of Identity Report

FAQs

C1 Identity Governance

The AI-native solution for identity lifecycle, access management, reviews, and compliance.

Automate identity lifecycle

Govern every access decision

Keep controls audit ready

Automate onboarding, role changes, and offboarding

Start with authoritative identity events

Deliver day-one access automatically

Recalculate access when roles change

Offboard across connected systems

Find what the workflow missed

Let people and agents request access where work happens

Accept requests through supported channels

Apply policy before provisioning

Send decisions to the right owner

Keep administrator authority out of the request

Follow access through removal

Keep role access current and temporary access temporary

Build reusable access profiles

Mine roles from current access

Keep profile membership aligned

Grant elevated access only when needed

Preserve accountability for urgent access

Give reviewers the context to make the right decision

Scope the right review population

Route each item to the right reviewer

Put decision context beside the access

Use AI to reduce routine review work

Carry decisions into remediation

Catch access conflicts before they become findings

Define conflicts across applications

Detect violations continuously

Stop risky combinations before approval

Remediate or document an exception