2026 Roadmap

Opal 2026 Product Roadmap

Intelligent Access Management

Opal Today

"You define the program. We make it real."

Just-In-Time Access

Time-bounded, on-demand access requests
Request access when needed
Automatic expiration
Reduced standing privileges

Access Reviews

Periodic certification campaigns
Prove compliance
Catch access drift
Satisfy auditors

Access Rules

Policy-driven automation
Encode policies once
Enforce everywhere
Consistent governance

Just-in-Time? More Like Just... Waiting

Cumulative employee wait time for access (2025, approved requests)
Customer A
42 years
133,450 approvals · 11,019 users
Customer B
29 years
43,805 approvals · 2,717 users
Wait Time by Customer
CustomerTotal WaitApprovalsUsersHrs/User/YrMedianP90
Customer A42 yrs133,45011,01933.1h10.2m7.6h
Customer B29 yrs43,8052,71792.6h22.7m16.4h
Customer C14 yrs52,8414,67226.9h13.0m8.8h
Customer D11 yrs31,6352,01346.0h11.5m8.2h
Customer E7 yrs3,2421,01660.6h68.6m48.5h
Customer F8 yrs18,2471,84237.0h12.1m11.7h
Customer G6 yrs14,5691,41737.9h8.4m9.5h
Customer H5 yrs28,9732,99715.7h3.3m4.1h

Access Excess

Resource usage rates (% of users with access who used it in last 30 days)
Customer E
46 %
of resources have <25% usage
Customer A
39 %
of resources have <25% usage
Usage Rates by Customer
CustomerResources<25% Usage<50% Usage<75% Usage
Customer A1,847721 (39%)1,033 (56%)1,386 (75%)
Customer C2,059566 (27%)792 (38%)1,132 (55%)
Customer B412185 (45%)247 (60%)313 (76%)
Customer D289104 (36%)156 (54%)208 (72%)
Customer H27498 (36%)153 (56%)219 (80%)
Customer F325136 (42%)172 (53%)222 (68%)
Customer E15672 (46%)98 (63%)125 (80%)
Customer G19867 (34%)99 (50%)142 (72%)
LAYER 3AI Intelligence
LAYER 2Program Insights
LAYER 1Governance Platform
Layer 1

Governance Platform

"The core capabilities of your IAM program"
Layer 1

Governance Platform Roadmap

Making your IAM program more powerful and expressive
End User Experience
Home redesign
Unified inbox
Opal Browser Extension
Streamlined workflows
Policy debugger
UAR 2.0
UAR redesign
Better reviewer experience
Improved automated assignment
OpalQuery driven scope
Campaign specific reviewer context
OpalQuery
Natural language policy queries
Export & share results
Scheduled reports
OpalScript
Automated reviewer
Scheduled runs
AI OpalScript Assistant
Integrations
Rootly
Grafana
GitHub Enterprise
Okta CIAM
Oracle Cloud
LAYER 3AI Intelligence
LAYER 2Program Insights
LAYER 1Governance Platform
Layer 2

Program Insights

"Measure if your program is working"
Layer 2

Program Insights

Visibility into whether your governance program is working
Program Health Score
87
+3 from last quarter
Avg Wait Time
4.2h
-18% from last quarter
Usage Rate
62%
+5% from last quarter
Auto-Approved
34%
Of total requests
Standing Access
2,847
-12% from last quarter
Compliance Score
94%
Insights Roadmap
Policy Health DashboardIn Progress
Wait Time AnalyticsPlanned
Usage Rate TrackingPlanned
Layer 2

Request Analytics

Track and analyze access request patterns across your organization
Request Volume (Last 30 Days)
AWS Console
1,247
GitHub
1,056
Snowflake
847
Salesforce
598
Okta Groups
423
Approval Breakdown
Auto-approved34%
Manual52%
Denied14%
Time to Approval
12m
Median
4.2h
P90
18.5h
P99
Layer 2

The Feedback Loop

How insights drive program improvement
1. Build Program
Configure JIT, Reviews, Rules
4. Improve Program
Implement recommendations
Better
Outcomes
2. Measure Impact
Track wait times & usage
3. AI Analysis
Paladin finds patterns
Continuous improvement. Each cycle makes your program more effective.
LAYER 3AI Intelligence
LAYER 2Program Insights
LAYER 1Governance Platform
Layer 3

AI Intelligence

"Optimize your program automatically"
Layer 3

The Three Agents

AI that optimizes both layers

Paladin

"Should this identity have access?"
AI-powered engine that answers 'should this identity have access to this asset?' by consuming information across the Opal Platform to make well-informed, justified decisions in seconds.

Atlas

"Conversational AI for end users"
Conversational AI agent that quickly gets end users to the assets they need. Uses vector DBs, RAG, and natural language to surface the right access instantly.

Copilot

"Admin assistant for IGA"
Admin assistant that helps with query construction, policy analysis, and UAR program building. Full knowledge of Opal's feature set with natural language configuration.
AI Agent

Paladin

"Should this identity have access?"
AI-powered engine that answers 'should this identity have access to this asset?' by consuming information across the Opal Platform to make well-informed, justified decisions in seconds.
H1 2026 Target
1,000,000
entitlements
25%
Key Capabilities
Auto-approve access requests
Inform UAR decisions
Continuous access review
Anomaly detection
Risk-based recommendations
Policy recommendations
Custom context ingestion

The Intelligence Flywheel

Each layer feeds the next, creating a self-improving cycle
Governance
JIT, UARs, Rules
Insights
Health, Usage, Wait
Intelligence
Paladin, Atlas, Copilot
H1 2026

What We're Building

Summary of initiatives for the first half of 2026
Governance Platform
End User ExperienceOpalQueryUAR 2.0Integrations
Program Insights
Policy Health DashboardWait Time AnalyticsUsage Rate Tracking
AI Intelligence
Paladin BasicPaladin ComprehensiveAtlas Slack
Core Platform
LaunchDarkly ResiliencyOrg-Aware SchedulerSync StabilityOn-prem StableEvents v2Unified AI InfrastructureAPI Improvements

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