Access governance processes must be maintained to keep up with business risks and compliance demands, but a new study from Ponemon Institute shows that enterprises are not doing enough to prevent abuse and fraud. The organization spoke with over 700 IT professionals Here’s a look at what was revealed.
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Seeing Too Much
87 percent of respondents say that individuals have too much access to information resources that are not pertinent to their job description
Not Fast Enough on Changes
72 percent say they can’t quickly respond to changes in employee access requirements.
Falling Behind
52 percent say they can’t keep pace with the number of access change requests that come in on a regular basis
No Policies, No Enforcement
59 percent of organizations don’t have or don’t enforce access governance policies.
Staffing Issues Hurt Access Compliance
65 percent of respondents report that a lack of IT staff was a key problem in enforcing access compliance policies.
Not Enough Tech
57 percent of organizations don't have enough technology to manage and govern end-user access to information resources
Quality Control Lapses
61 percent don’t check user access requests against security policies before the access is approved and assigned.
Who’s in Charge?
37 percent of respondents say business unit managers in their organizations are responsible for end-user access requests to information resources.
Cloudy Skies Ahead
73 percent of respondents say that adoption of cloud-based applications will have a very significant or significant impact on business and end users’ ability to circumvent existing access policies.
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