Identity Data Hygiene & Reconciliation Strategies: The Foundation of Good IAM

Identity Data Hygiene & Reconciliation Strategies: The Foundation of Good IAM TL;DR Picture the IAM utopia: one golden source of truth for identity data. Perfect synchronization. Complete attributes. Pristine naming consistency. Beautiful, right? Now wake up. The reality? You’ve got 4-7 identity sources that don’t talk to each other. Half your user records are missing the manager field (because HR didn’t feel like filling it out when they batch-imported 10,000 contractors)....

January 20, 2026 · 34 min · Jay Klinkowsky