SM · PAM · IGA · SecOps — One platform

The only identity security
platform you'll ever need

Stop stitching together four vendors. CoreLink unifies secrets management, privileged access, identity governance, and behavioral security operations into a single, cloud-native platform with no lock-in.

13
Rotation Providers
6
KMS Backends
216+
Audit Event Types
8
Compliance Frameworks
4
SDKs (Go, Py, .NET, Java)
50+
SaaS Connectors
5
Agent Binaries

Six disciplines.
One unified platform.

Each pillar is a production-grade capability, not a checkbox feature — built in Go on a single binary with no vendor dependencies.

PAM

Certificate-Based Session Brokering

SSH and RDP with ephemeral Ed25519 certs, TTYRec recording, keystroke-level command intercept, and host key pinning — more secure than key rotation.

Ed25519 Certs RDP Gateway Command Intercept OCSP Revocation RDP Credential Injection Transparent Sessions DB Query Logging
IAM

HR-to-AD Identity Lifecycle

Bi-directional sync with Okta, Workday, and Active Directory. JML mover detection, birthright provisioning, and peer group correlation — all automatic.

Okta JML Mover Workday Sync AD Lifecycle TOTP + WebAuthn SPIFFE JWT-SVID Identity Graph Privilege Discovery
IGA

Preventive Governance — Not Just Reactive

SimulateGrant checks every access request against active SoD policies before granting. 20 built-in conflict templates, policy-as-code simulation, access review campaigns, micro-certifications, and automated deprovisioning. SailPoint has the history; CoreLink has the depth with the full stack.

SoD Simulation 20 SoD Templates Access Reviews Micro-Certifications Auto-Deprovisioning Policy-as-Code ISPM Scoring Identity Correlation Break-Glass Access
Security Ops

Behavioral UEBA + Device Posture

30-day statistical baselines with P90 peer group outlier detection by job title and department. Live CrowdStrike OAuth2 + SentinelOne API sync. EPM included.

Peer Group UEBA CrowdStrike Live SentinelOne Live EPM Agent
Compliance

Tamper-Evident Audit + 8 Frameworks

SHA-256 hash-chained audit log with 216+ event types. SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP, NIST, and Zero Trust. Continuous 24h monitoring scheduler.

Hash Chain 8 Frameworks 24h Scheduler PDF/JSON/CSV/HTML Data Residency Usage Metering

Capabilities no single vendor delivers

These are not roadmap promises. Each item is a verified, shipped capability in the production codebase.

Unique

SM + PAM + IGA — One Binary

CyberArk handles PAM. SailPoint handles IGA. Vault handles secrets. CoreLink handles all three at equal depth — one deployment, one audit log, one access model.

CyberArk, SailPoint, Vault separately CoreLink replaces all three
Exceeds Best-in-Class

6 KMS Providers + Dual HSM Support

AWS, Azure, GCP, local, SafeNet Luna HSM, and Thales HSM — natively supported, not plugged in. No other SM platform covers this range without custom plugins.

HashiCorp Vault: 3 native CoreLink: 6 native
Exceeds

Hash-Chained Audit Log

Every one of 216+ event types is chained with SHA-256. If a single record is tampered with, the chain breaks — giving you cryptographic proof of audit integrity that append-only logs cannot provide.

All competitors: append-only CoreLink: SHA-256 chain
Unique

MCP Server — AI-Native Integration

The only identity security platform with a Model Context Protocol server built in. Your AI agents can query, rotate, and audit secrets with the same RBAC controls as human users.

CyberArk, SailPoint, Vault: none CoreLink: native MCP
Exceeds

Splunk HEC + Microsoft Sentinel Native

First-class Splunk HEC and Sentinel delivery — not forwarded, not proxied. Plus RFC 5424 syslog (UDP/TCP/TLS) and CEF format. Most PAM/SM platforms ship syslog only.

Vault, CyberArk: syslog only CoreLink: Splunk + Sentinel + CEF
Unique

Transit Agent Proxy

Air-gapped and no-internet environments are first-class citizens. The transit agent proxies secret requests over a secure tunnel so every app — legacy or cloud-native — works the same way.

No competitor has an equivalent CoreLink: built-in transit proxy
Exceeds

Preventive SoD — SimulateGrant

SimulateGrant evaluates every access request against active SoD policies before the grant is made — blocking violations at the source. SailPoint detects violations after the fact.

SailPoint: post-hoc detection CoreLink: preventive block
Exceeds

Ed25519 SSH Certificates — Not Keys

Ephemeral Ed25519 certificates are scoped per session with configurable TTLs, OCSP revocation, and policy-driven extensions. Long-lived SSH keys are the vulnerability — certificates are not.

CyberArk: key rotation model CoreLink: zero long-lived keys
Unique

NHI Registry + A2A Agent Protocol

Track every non-human identity — service accounts, API keys, machine credentials — in a single registry with ownership, expiry, and risk scoring. The A2A agent protocol lets workloads authenticate and retrieve secrets without human intervention.

No competitor has NHI + A2A combined CoreLink: native NHI + A2A
Unique

Built-in Support Ticketing

Identity security incidents and access requests create support tickets inside the same platform — no context-switching to Zendesk or ServiceNow. Canned responses and SLA tracking are built in.

All competitors: external ticketing CoreLink: integrated support
Exceeds

K8s Secrets Operator — Zero etcd Persistence

Lightweight operator syncs CoreLink secrets into native Kubernetes Secrets with version tracking and managed-by labels. No controller-runtime dependency — 5.5 MB binary using stdlib only.

Vault VSO: requires controller-runtime CoreLink: stdlib-only, 5.5 MB
Unique

Sealed Break-Glass with N-of-M Quorum

Emergency accounts stay sealed until a quorum of approvers unseal them with a code. Every unseal triggers immediate SIEM notification and tamper-evident audit. Auto-reseal after configurable TTL.

No competitor has built-in break-glass CoreLink: native quorum-based unseal
Unique

Per-Tenant Data Residency Enforcement

Assign tenants to geographic regions with enforcement at the KMS and storage layers. Violations are tracked and auditable — enforce mode blocks, audit mode logs. Built for GDPR and data sovereignty.

CyberArk, Vault: deployment-level only CoreLink: tenant-level policy
Exceeds

Transparent Session Proxy — No Root Required

Config-driven TCP proxy intercepts connections to CoreLink-managed targets and routes them through authenticated NHI sessions. SSH, RDP, PostgreSQL, MySQL on high ports — no TUN/TAP, no admin privileges.

Boundary: requires root for TUN CoreLink: userspace TCP proxy
Exceeds

Automated Privilege Discovery with Risk Scoring

Scan all permission grants, group memberships, and NHI standing access to discover privileged access with 0-100 risk scores. Critical/High/Medium/Low classification with risk factor breakdown.

SailPoint: scheduled campaigns only CoreLink: on-demand + scheduled

One platform vs. the full market stack

Coverage that would require four separate enterprise contracts — in a single CoreLink deployment.

Capability CoreLink CyberArk Vault Ent. SailPoint GitGuardian
Secrets Management Partial Full None None
Multi-KMS (6 backends) 3 backends 4 backends None None
SSH/RDP Session Brokering Key-based None None None
Identity Governance (IGA) Basic None Full None
Preventive SoD Simulation None None Post-hoc only None
Git Repository Scanning None None None Yes
Behavioral UEBA (Peer Groups) Async batch None Rules-based None
Hash-Chained Audit Log Append-only Append-only Append-only Append-only
Native SIEM (Splunk + Sentinel) Via forwarder Syslog only Via connector Webhook only
Multi-Language SDKs REST API only Go + CLI Java + REST Python + REST
MCP / AI Agent Integration None None None None
NHI / A2A Agent Protocol None None None None
Cloud Credential Vending Plugin Yes None None
SoD Remediation Workflows None None Manual None
Config File Management None Consul KV None None
SPIFFE JWT-SVID None Full None None
K8s Secrets Operator None VSO None None
Break-Glass Emergency Access Manual None None None
Data Residency Controls Deployment None None None
Privilege Discovery Partial None AI-driven None
Transparent Sessions None None (Boundary) None None
Adaptive Overload Protection None GA None None

Connects to everything in your stack

Native integrations with the identity, DevOps, and security tools you already use — not webhooks bolted on after the fact.

Okta
Workday
Active Directory
JIRA
CrowdStrike
SentinelOne
GitHub / GitLab
AWS KMS
Splunk HEC
Sentinel
Harness
ServiceNow
SAP
Salesforce
PagerDuty
Slack
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