Woefully Inadequate IT Processes for Managing User Accounts and Access Continue to Create Major Security and Compliance Risks, One Identity Survey Reveals
One Identity, a proven leader in helping organizations get identity and access management (IAM) right, today released study results showing significant gaps in how organizations manage accounts used to access IT infrastructure, systems, and data — gaps that could result in major security and compliance deficiencies. The results of the study of more than 900 IT security professionals, conducted by Dimensional Research, spotlights how common security best practices — such as timely removal of access to corporate data and applications, dormant account identification, and role administration — continue to be a challenge and concern for organizations worldwide.
Most alarmingly, 70 percent of respondents express a lack of confidence that all former employees and employees changing roles are fully deprovisioned — or have their accounts changed or removed — in a timely enough manner. Therefore, their accounts remain open and available with active authorization even after an employee changes roles or leaves the organization.
