Implementing account and access management

One of the most important tasks with your identity and access management program is the management and life cycle of accounts and the auditing of the access they have. The whole life cycle process in account and access management may involve multiple teams to make the process efficient and successful. Likely, there’s a chance that multiple systems and tools are involved in the life cycle management, including manual human processes that increase vulnerability due to poor housekeeping and being error-prone. Account and access management is a complex process and only becomes more challenging through the ongoing expansion of the application portfolio, as well as the shift to the cloud. A typical account and access management program may involve resources from HR, identity and security teams, technical operations teams, hiring managers, and potentially others.

To ensure success with your account and management program, it must start...