The increasing In today's digital age, the growing number of apps and systems , across both the cloud and on-premise, can make it a challenge to effectively manage managing group memberships complex. As This is especially challenging for security groups often grant , which provide administrative access to organizational IT systems and resources, it is important that the membership of those groups be transparent to group owners, administrators, and other security stakeholders. EmpowerID brings intelligence and in-depth visibility to managing your groups through reporting and dashboards. You can quickly see how many groups your organization has within each system, who belongs to them, and the amount of access those groups grant their members. While this information is immediate . For these groups, maintaining transparency in terms of who has access and who grants this access is vital for all security stakeholders.
To address this challenge, EmpowerID offers an advanced solution. Its sophisticated reporting and dashboard features provide comprehensive visibility into group management. These tools allow organizations to easily track the number of groups within each system, identify the members of each group, and understand the level of access granted to each member.
However, while this information is readily available and auditable, it can occasionally be overlooked. To help you organizations stay on top of your groupstheir group management, EmpowerID includes a “Continuous Group Membership Recertification” feature that you can enable for each of your connected systems. When enabled, EmpowerID provides a feature known as "Continuous Group Membership Recertification."
When enabled for a connected system, this feature generates recertification tasks for each member members of a specified security group whose membership has not been certified within the last “X” number of days. Tasks are a certain timeframe. These tasks are then sent to the appropriate stakeholders, where they relevant stakeholders for review and can be reviewed and approved or rejected as needed. based on the organization's requirements.
If recertification is rejected, EmpowerID promptly removes each the rejected account from the group. If On the other hand, if the recertification is approved, EmpowerID stamps the approved group memberships with records the approval date and recycles those memberships for recertification again at the specified date. This schedules the next recertification accordingly.
By providing these features, EmpowerID ensures that your group membership always remains what it should be. Figure 1 below shows this process from a high level.
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memberships are always accurately managed and up-to-date, enhancing your organization's overall security and efficiency.
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Components of Continuous Group Membership Recertification
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