Identity and access management is a lifecycle, not a one-time task, and the biggest risks come from forgotten accounts, privilege creep, and poor deprovisioning. Strong ownership, least privilege, periodic access reviews, and HR-tied automated revocation are essential to prevent access from lingering long after it should end. #IAM #Deprovisioning #PrivilegeCreep #LeastPrivilege
Keypoints
- Access management must be handled as a full lifecycle.
- The manager owns account decisions, not IT.
- Provisioning should follow least privilege from day one.
- Periodic access reviews catch privilege creep.
- Automated deprovisioning should be tied to HR termination events.
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