Risks tend to remain undetected until it is too late

Security breaches often result from overlooked vulnerabilities like outdated permissions, orphan accounts and dormant admin accounts. These risks are generally invisible and have a habit of remaining undetected until it’s too late. Leaving them unchecked may lead to major issues, and the longer that goes on, the larger the risk of, for example, someone exploiting them to access sensitive data or critical systems.

So how do you uncover these hidden risks? Especially given that they are not always easy to find, and we often just do not know what we do not know. What we do know, though, is that it is not enough, or realistic, to rely on manual checks alone. That’s where we can help: our Authorization Analytics service brings your entire IAM environment into focus to easily spot risks, vulnerabilities and blind spots using NEXIS 4 software, and translates complex IAM data into clear, actionable recommendations.

Uncovering serious risks: a case example

In a recent Authorization Analytics, we uncovered a serious risk for this particular organisation: an admin user with super admin rights across the entire organisation, password unchanged for about 14 years, and none of it could be traced back to a specific person. Needless to say, this “ghost” account posed a big risk that warranted action and further investigation, and it would’ve remained hidden if we hadn’t used scanned, visualised, and analysed the IAM environment.

Now, you may think, ‘pretty big risk indeed, but what are the odds of that?’, and you’re right, it does sound rare and singular. But we often uncover hidden issues like this when running Authorization Analytics, across organisations and sectors.

How Authorization Analytics helps

Powered by NEXIS 4 and facilitated by one of our Certified NEXIS 4 Experts, Authorization Analytics connects access, entitlements, and visualisation in intuitive and visual grids. With it, we can deeply analyse your IAM landscape, visualise your IAM data, point out exactly what may need addressing, and suggest how to through actionable recommendations.

With Authorization Analytics, you can:

• Quickly spot vulnerabilities like orphan accounts
• Gain clarity on your permission structures.
• Get actionable, expert-driven insights on addressing these risks
• Strengthen your IAM by bringing your environment into focus.
• Experience NEXIS 4 and see your data in action, experiencing its features and value, without needing to commit to fully licensing yet.

Further reading: Four keys to effective access and authorization management

Who is this relevant for?

For anyone tasked with, and responsible for, knowing who has access to what in their organisation.

More specifically, Authorization Analytics, is valuable for:

• IT, security, and GRC teams responsible for secure access management and compliance.
• Organisations in highly regulated industries dealing with sensitive data, such as finance, healthcare, and government
• Companies with growing IAM infrastructures that need a scalable solution to stay compliant, secure, and efficient.

Who is this relevant for?

For anyone tasked with, and responsible for, knowing who has access to what in their organisation. More specifically, Authorization Analytics, is valuable for:

• IT, security, and GRC teams responsible for secure access management and compliance.
• Organisations in highly regulated industries dealing with sensitive data, such as finance, healthcare, and government
• Companies with growing IAM infrastructures that need a scalable solution to stay compliant, secure, and efficient.

Get going today!

Don’t wait for a breach to expose hidden risks when there’s a much more subtle, secure and proactive way to go about it. Get ahead of them before they get ahead of you. Schedule a demo to learn about how Authorization Analytics can help you, let’s talk about uncovering unknown unknowns in your IAM environment, and move towards more effective IAM together.

Also and lastly, in the realm of further reading for those of you that are interested, have a look at André Koot’s paper on Identifying Stakeholders in Access Governance, and browse through an abundance of information available on the topic via IDPro’s Body of Knowledge.