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Investigate a risky identity

This is the payoff of the get-started path: taking a high-risk identity and understanding why it's risky and what to do about it.

Find a candidate​

  1. From the dashboard, filter identities by severity: high or critical.
  2. Sort by risk so the most pressing identities are at the top.
  3. Open the top identity to start the investigation.

Understand the risk​

On the identity's detail view, review:

  • Correlated accounts — every account Mesh matched to this identity across your connected systems. Look for orphaned, duplicate, or unexpected accounts.
  • Entitlements — the access this identity holds. Watch for excessive or toxic combinations of privileges.
  • Risk signals — the specific conditions the risk engines flagged, each with a severity and an explanation of the contributing factors.

Decide and act​

  • Confirm whether the flagged access is expected for this person's role.
  • Note remediation steps (revoke access, disable a stale account, enforce stronger authentication) and route them through your normal access-management process.
  • Re-check the identity after the next collection to confirm the signal clears.

You're up and running​

You've connected an IdP, pulled in a source system, oriented yourself in the dashboard, and investigated a real risk. From here: