Governance
IAM Policy Definition, Enforcement & Drift Control
This control asks one thing: How are Identity & Access Management policies defined, enforced, and monitored for drift across systems?
Low Maturity
What Failure Looks Like
The documented failure mode at level 0 (Absent) on the 0 to 4 maturity scale:
Inconsistent enforcement and total audit fragility. Every exception becomes a precedent that expands risk.
High Maturity
What Good Looks Like
The business value the methodology documents at level 4 (Optimized):
Turns governance from a control burden into an automated, resilient operating capability.
Next Step
A Typical Next Move
For programs sitting around level 0 (Absent), the methodology recommends this as the next rational step:
Document baseline IAM policies covering authentication, authorization, privileged access, and lifecycle events.
What reaching level 2 (Developing) unlocks
Predictable baseline security posture.
Evidence
Evidence Assessors Ask For
A sample of the artifacts an assessor expects to see around level 2 (Developing):
- Automated enforcement for select controls
- Scheduled compliance or drift reports
- Manual remediation of violations
Compliance
Compliance Frameworks That Cite This Control
The bank's regulatory mapping for GOV-03 resolves to 5 frameworks with a researched compliance threshold. Weakness here shows up in audits, not only in incidents.
Where Does Your Program Land on GOV-03?
This page is the teaser layer. The full rubric behind GOV-03 defines 5 scored maturity levels, 0 to 4, each with its own operating model, evidence expectations, and regulatory citations. That rubric is the scoring instrument, so it ships inside the assessment rather than on a marketing page. Running the assessment takes about 20 minutes and no signup is required to start.