How to Introduce Automation into Your Control Environment

Get a clear view of access risk across multiple systems by following these guidelines.

In many companies, the IT staff worries about the integrations between the various business systems. However, an equally important task is administering the security and access rights individuals are granted into each of these integrated systems.

The failure to adequately understand and mitigate the risk of access rights violations can leave a company open to data theft, SOD violations, and exposure to legal and regulatory action.

This paper focuses on the importance of having the ability to view “the big picture” of interconnected risk and controls across all the company’s business systems and environments, and shares the advantages of automated controls, including the ability to:

• Identify risks immediately and remediate them
• Provide periodic access review
• Establish emergency access processes
• Centrally manage user access