Frequently Asked Questions

Answer: Solution Design & Architecture is the process of creating a customized blueprint for your organization’s identity and access management infrastructure. It involves analyzing your current security posture, understanding your business requirements, and designing a scalable, secure architecture that aligns with industry best practices and your compliance requirements.

Our solution design services ensure that your IAM and PAM implementations are tailored to your specific business needs, organizational structure, and security objectives—helping you avoid costly mistakes and ensure a successful deployment.

Answer: Many organizations fail their IAM/PAM implementations because they skip the design phase or rely on generic approaches. Professional solution design prevents costly mistakes by:
– Assessing your current security gaps and compliance risks
– Designing architectures that scale with your organization
– Ensuring integration with your existing systems (Active Directory, cloud platforms, legacy applications)
– Planning for security, performance, and disaster recovery
– Reducing implementation time and overall project costs
– Ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS

Without proper design, organizations often face failed deployments, security vulnerabilities, and wasted investments.

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Our comprehensive solution design process includes five key phases:

1. Assessment & Discovery – We evaluate your current IAM/PAM infrastructure, security policies, user base, and business requirements
2. Gap Analysis – We identify security gaps, compliance gaps, and areas for improvement
3. Architecture Design – We create a detailed blueprint aligned with your business objectives and industry best practices.
4. Integration Planning – We plan seamless integration with your existing systems (CyberArk, SailPoint, Active Directory, AWS, Azure, etc.)
5. Implementation Roadmap – We develop a phased deployment strategy with clear milestones and timelines.

This systematic approach ensures your solution is secure, scalable, and aligned with your organization’s goals.

Answer: Yes, absolutely. Wiseman Infosec specializes in designing solutions for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. We have extensive experience architecting solutions that work across:
– On-premises datacenters (Windows Server, Active Directory)
– AWS environments (EC2, IAM, secrets management)
– Microsoft Azure (Azure AD, Azure Key Vault)
– Google Cloud Platform
– SaaS applications and federated identity systems

Our architects ensure consistent security policies, unified access control, and seamless integration across all your platforms—eliminating silos and reducing complexity.

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A well-designed solution architecture provides multiple security and compliance benefits:

Security Benefits:
– Implements least privilege principles across all systems
– Enforces Zero Trust access controls
– Enables real-time threat detection and monitoring
– Creates redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities
– Reduces your attack surface

Compliance Benefits:
– Aligns with regulatory requirements (GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
– Provides audit trails and detailed logging
– Enables automated compliance reporting
– Simplifies security assessments and audits
– Demonstrates security maturity to stakeholders

Proper design transforms compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage.

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Wiseman Infosec has deep expertise designing solutions for leading IAM and PAM platforms, including:

Privileged Access Management:
– CyberArk (Vault, PVWA, PSM, CyberArk Secrets Manager)
– BeyondTrust (Privileged Identity Management)
– Delinea (formerly Thycotic)
– ManageEngine PAM
– HashiCorp Vault

Identity and Access Management:
– SailPoint IdentityIQ and IdentityNow
– Ping Identity (PingFederate, PingOne)
– Okta
– Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID
– Active Directory

We also design orchestration layers that integrate multiple tools into a unified identity fabric for maximum security and efficiency.

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The timeline depends on your organization’s size and complexity, but typically includes:

– Small organizations (50-500 users): 2-4 weeks
– Mid-size organizations (500-5,000 users): 4-8 weeks
– Large enterprises (5,000+ users): 8-16 weeks

The design process includes:
– Week 1-2: Discovery, assessment, and requirements gathering
– Week 2-4: Gap analysis, architecture design, and documentation
– Week 4+: Review, refinement, and implementation planning

We work with your team to ensure the design is practical and executable within your organizational constraints. Once design is complete, we can provide deployment support to bring the architecture to life.

Answer: Wiseman Infosec offers comprehensive support beyond design to ensure successful implementation:

Deployment Support:
– Expert guidance during implementation and configuration
– Hands-on technical assistance with tool deployment
– Integration testing and validation

Knowledge Transfer & Training:
– Train your team on the designed architecture
– Provide documentation and runbooks
– Offer ongoing technical mentoring

Ongoing Managed Services:
– Continuous optimization and performance tuning
– Health checks and compliance audits
– Incident response support
– Security assessments and remediation

Professional Services:
– Dedicated security professionals for your PAM/IAM systems
– 24/7 monitoring and threat response
– Managed services to reduce your internal burden

We’re not just a design partner—we’re a long-term strategic partner committed to your organization’s security maturity.

Answer: Yes, we provide enterprise-grade managed security services:

• Managed SOC Services: Complete Security Operations Center with 24/7 monitoring and threat response
• DevSecOps Implementation: Security integration into development pipelines and CI/CD processes
• Dedicated Resources: On-demand security professionals for your PAM/IAM systems
• Ongoing Managed Services: Continuous monitoring, maintenance, updates, and optimization
• Cloud Security Solutions: AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud security implementation and management
• Incident Response Support: Rapid response to security incidents and breach remediation

Our managed services allow your organization to focus on core business while we ensure robust security posture and compliance.