IGA
Lifecycle Management (Joiner / Mover / Leaver)
This control asks one thing: How are identity lifecycle events (joiners, movers, leavers) detected, governed, and executed across systems?
Low Maturity
What Failure Looks Like
The documented failure mode at level 0 (Absent) on the 0 to 4 maturity scale:
Zombie accounts and access creep. Terminated users retain access far beyond employment end dates.
Why this control caps your score
Identity lifecycle failures compound silently. Every manual joiner or delayed leaver creates long-lived access risk that audits only discover after damage is done.
IGA-01 is one of the domino controls in the AXIS model. When the weakest domino control in an assessment sits at a low level, the overall maturity score is capped, regardless of how strong everything else is. The cap lifts as this control matures; the exact schedule is part of the scoring model.
High Maturity
What Good Looks Like
The business value the methodology documents at level 4 (Optimized):
Transforms identity lifecycle management into a predictable, low-risk operating capability.
Next Step
A Typical Next Move
For programs sitting around level 0 (Absent), the methodology recommends this as the next rational step:
Establish a single authoritative source of identity lifecycle events (typically HR) and document baseline JML processes.
What reaching level 2 (Developing) unlocks
Reduced access creep.
Evidence
Evidence Assessors Ask For
A sample of the artifacts an assessor expects to see around level 2 (Developing):
- Automated account creation and termination
- Manual access cleanup during role changes
- Limited visibility into access deltas for movers
Breach Radar
Seen in Real Breaches
These teardowns of public incidents cite IGA-01 as one of the controls that failed. Each one reconstructs the attack chain from public disclosures.
Compliance
Compliance Frameworks That Cite This Control
The bank's regulatory mapping for IGA-01 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 IGA-01?
This page is the teaser layer. The full rubric behind IGA-01 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.