Privilege review
Map accounts, roles and data permissions to identify excess access, unused accounts and conflicting responsibilities.
Data access and audit
Connect account privileges, access activity and approval records to support least privilege, anomaly detection and traceability.
Data access and audit
Connect account inventories, authorization records and actual activity to establish access reviews and audit response for critical data.
Discuss this approachIdentity & permissions
Verify actors and entitlements
Access activity
Objects, time and operations
Correlation
Link approvals, logs and detection rules
Trace & review
Investigations, response and access changes
Key risks
- Legacy privileges and shared accounts obscure accountability.
- Fragmented database, interface and application logs hinder investigation.
- Access alerts lack review and tracked resolution.
Service scope
Access approvals & reviews
Define granting, changes, revocation and periodic review, with approval owners and validity periods.
Audit integration
Integrate agreed database, application or interface logs, correlating actors, objects and outcomes with retention rules.
Anomaly analysis & tracing
Use business baselines to identify unusual access and record investigation, response and review.
Delivery process
Review access
Identify critical systems, roles and data access methods.
Integrate auditing
Assess log completeness and configure collection, correlation and log access.
Validate detection
Validate anomaly detection and traceability through authorized tests and business samples.
Establish operations
Agree review cycles, response ownership and evidence retention.
Deliverables
Scope, schedule and acceptance criteria are agreed following assessment.
Discuss this approachDeliverables to scope together
- Account, role and data privilege review
- Audit integration, correlation rules and validation records
- Response procedures, access review and audit reporting guidance
Relevant environments
- Databases and critical applications
- Privileged account management
- Shared interfaces and access tracing
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Data loss prevention
Connect sensitive-content detection, risk-based policies and audit response across endpoints, applications and sharing channels.
Data governance
Align business ownership, data policies and technical controls, connecting discovery, assessment, loss prevention, masking and auditing into continuous improvement.