How Reactionary Access Risk Management can lose you Money and Reputation - Sailpoint

Original Article

Even though the pandemic made it feel like time is a flat circle, this is not true, especially regarding access controls, for which timing is vital. So what are access controls, you ask? Access controls certify authentication (users are whom they state they are) and authorization (they have suitable access to company data). 

When protecting a company from fraud and breaches, and maintaining a zero trust environment, too many times, they only address this crucial part of Identity Security during an audit. Having strong access controls is imperative to preventing risks from becoming realized…

The Cyber Hut Comment: IGA vendor Sailpoint introduce a new term and perhaps more interestingly a new concept focused on access management. The term “access risk management” has an emphasis on generic access control - ie controls focused on authentication (who someone claims to be) and authorization (what they can do).