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Identity sprawl is the unmanaged growth of user and machine accounts across cloud and SaaS systems, expanding attack surface and weakening identity governance.
Identity Sprawl Definition: Identity sprawl is the unmanaged growth of user and machine accounts across cloud and SaaS systems, expanding attack surface and weakening identity governance.
Identity sprawl is the uncontrolled proliferation of user and machine identities, accounts, and credentials across an organization's on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments. It commonly arises when each application or platform maintains its own siloed identity store, leaving users with many disconnected accounts that are hard to govern, deprovision, or audit. The resulting orphaned accounts, excessive privileges, and inconsistent policies expand the attack surface and complicate identity governance and zero trust efforts.
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