# What is AccessIQ

AccessIQ is an enterprise identity and access management platform that helps organizations manage who can access what, and how.

Whether you need to manage employee logins, connect with business partners, or control access to your applications, AccessIQ provides everything in one place.

## Platform Overview

The following diagram shows how the core pieces of AccessIQ fit together — from your tenant workspace down to the users and applications you manage, with identity providers handling sign-in and access controls governing what each user can do.

```mermaid
graph TD
    T[Tenant Workspace] --> O1[Organizations & Teams]
    O1 --> U[Users]
    U --> A[Applications]

    IDP[Identity Providers] -->|Single Sign-On<br>& Social Login| U

    AC[Access Controls] -->|Roles &<br>Permissions| U
    AC -->|Policies &<br>Feature Flags| A

    U --> AL[Audit Logs]

    style T fill:#4A6FA5,color:#fff
    style O1 fill:#6B8EC2,color:#fff
    style U fill:#7FA7D4,color:#fff
    style A fill:#93BFE5,color:#1a1a1a
    style IDP fill:#E8A838,color:#1a1a1a
    style AC fill:#D4694A,color:#fff
    style AL fill:#6AAB73,color:#fff
```

## What You Can Do

* **Manage Users** — Add, invite, and organize users across your organization
* **Control Access** — Define roles, permissions, and policies that determine what each user can do
* **Connect Identity Providers** — Let users sign in with Okta, Azure, Google, or any SAML/OIDC provider
* **Organize Teams** — Build an organization hierarchy with teams, departments, and business units
* **Secure Everything** — Enforce MFA, password policies, and monitor all activity
* **Feature Entitlements** — Control which features are available to which users with feature flags
* **Stay Compliant** — Audit logs, identity verification, and compliance reporting

## Who Uses AccessIQ

* **IT Administrators** who manage user access and security policies
* **Team Managers** who need to organize users into teams and assign roles
* **Security Teams** who monitor activity and enforce compliance
* **Developers** who integrate AccessIQ into their applications via API or SDK

## Key Concepts

| Concept                     | What It Means                                                                                               |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Tenant**                  | Your workspace in AccessIQ. All your users, settings, and data are isolated within your tenant.             |
| **Organization**            | A company, department, or team within your tenant. Users can belong to multiple organizations.              |
| **Role**                    | A set of permissions that defines what a user can do (e.g., Admin, Manager, Viewer).                        |
| **Identity Provider (IdP)** | An external service (like Okta or Azure) that handles user authentication.                                  |
| **Feature Flag**            | A toggle that controls whether a feature is available, with the ability to target specific users or groups. |


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