Top 10 Identity Management Problems That Cause SOX Compliance Failures (SlideShare)

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Top 10 Identity Management Problems

That Cause SOX Compliance Failures

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Root Causes of

Compliance Failures




Weak identity management

procedures are often

The root causes for SOX

compliance failures,




As they do not provide the

tools necessary to assist in

meeting SOX requirements

in policy enforcement, risk

assessment, fraud reduction

and compliance auditing




The Top 10 Identity

Management Problems




1. Weak procedures for

assigning, provisioning

and controlling users'

access rights




2. Weak or non-existent

segregation of duties (SoD)

policy




3. Failure to revoke user rights




4. Failure to adjust user’s rights




5. Failure to provide uniform

access policy




6. Weak access policy

verification




7. Weak authorization policy




8. Distributed user credential

management




9. Lack of compliance reports




10.Lack of centralized identity

and access management

functions




Bottom Line




Weak identity management

can be the root cause of many

SOX compliance failures




Do you know of other

Identity management

problems that cause

SOX compliance failures,

and how they are mitigated?




Let us know your thoughts

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Top 10 Identity Management Problems That Cause SOX Compliance Failures (SlideShare)