Managing access to banking systems has become increasingly complex as financial institutions navigate legacy reporting systems, API access, and cloud solutions. These challenges, along with the risks posed by unmanaged systems, emphasize the need for maintaining a...
One of the most difficult moments in my career happened several years back at an ICBA Live event in New Orleans. I can immediately go back to that moment…
We started by jumping in and helping customers manage their information security and cybersecurity. A platform that would simplify complex processes.
“The Customer is Why You are in Business” Allen Duke, Mentor & Father.
The goal is to focus on increasing standardization to develop a more mature and routine approach to user access reviews by focusing on three key areas.
Step Four in the FINOSEC user access review best practice series is to ensure users who have access to your systems have legitimate duties that justify not only access but their specific permissions for those systems.
user access review best practices series is to rate and prioritize the system risks you identified as the most important systems
You should always start this process with the highest-risk systems. These typically include things such as active directory, core processors, wire transfers, and more. Overall, every system you have for which there is privileged access will usually be a higher-risk system.
User access reviews are important, Examiners expect you to complete them regularly, They’re a crucial element of your overall cybersecurity program…
Here’s a simple and universal truth of the human condition: we tend to avoid tasks we think will be hard. Or complicated. Or time consuming. Or all three!
Financial institutions have long viewed user access reviews as a double edged sword. They’re a crucial component in managing to least privilege.
