Good practices for entitlement management

Best practices

Good entitlement management practices are key to ensuring safety, operational efficiency and compliance in organizations. In the context of an entitlement management system such as eAuditor IAM, the following good practices can be highlighted:

10 tips from eAuditor IAM

1 Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP)

Description: Grant users only those permissions necessary to perform their duties.

How to achieve it: The eAuditor IAM system allows you to precisely define permissions and limit user access to the minimum required for their work. It is worth reviewing and updating permissions regularly to ensure that users do not have unnecessary access.

2. regular verification of eligibility

Description: Periodic reviews and audits of user permissions to ensure they are up-to-date and in compliance with applicable policies.

How to achieve it: The eAuditor IAM system includes functions for performing formal and factual entitlement verification. Verification schedules can be set to automatically remind administrators to review authorizations.

3. segmentation of roles and responsibilities (Separation of Duties – SoD)

Description: Divide responsibility for key tasks and processes among different people to prevent conflicts of interest and minimize the risk of fraud.

How to achieve it: The system allows you to define roles and permissions for different users, which helps ensure that no one user has too much control over critical processes.

4. automation of rights management

Description: Use automation tools to grant and revoke privileges consistently and in accordance with security policies.

How to achieve it: eAuditor IAM enables automation of privilege management through scripts and assignment rules, which reduces the risk of human error and speeds up the management process.

5. monitoring and reporting of user activity

Description: Regularly monitor user activity and generate reports to detect suspicious activity or non-compliance with security policies.

How to achieve it: Using the reporting modules in the eAuditor IAM system, you can generate detailed reports on user permissions and activity. The system also offers the ability to configure notifications of significant events.

6. entitlement lifecycle management

Description: Manage permissions throughout their lifecycle – from granting, to changing, to revoking them, depending on changes in organizational structure or user responsibilities.

How to achieve it: The eAuditor IAM system allows you to manage the full entitlement lifecycle, including creating new entitlement requests, modifying them, and deleting them when necessary.

7. centralization of entitlement management

Description: Maintain one central entitlement management system to ensure consistency of policies and processes across the organization.

How to achieve it: eAuditor IAM acts as a central privilege management system that integrates with other systems, such as Active Directory, providing a single source about user privileges.

8. user education and training

Description: Regular user training on good security and privilege management practices.

How to achieve it: The organization should regularly organize training and update operating procedures to familiarize users with the use of the eAuditor IAM system and their security responsibilities.

9. effective management of temporary accesses

Description: Restrict temporary access to specified time periods and automatically revoke these permissions when the time period expires.

How to achieve it: eAuditor IAM allows you to define temporary access and automatically manage these accesses, which is especially useful for project tasks or contractor accesses.

10. integration with IT security systems

Description: Ensure that the privilege management system is integrated with other IT security tools to enable more effective monitoring and incident response.

How to achieve it: The eAuditor IAM system can be integrated with other IT asset management and security tools for better risk management and incident response.

The implementation of these best practices using the eAuditor IAM system can significantly increase the security and efficiency of entitlement management in an organization.