IGA

IGA-03

Access Reviews & Recertification

This control asks one thing: How does the organization review, validate, and revoke user access over time to ensure it remains appropriate?

Low Maturity

What Failure Looks Like

The documented failure mode at level 0 (Absent) on the 0 to 4 maturity scale:

Rubber-stamping. Reviews confirm existing access rather than challenge it, allowing access creep to persist indefinitely.

High Maturity

What Good Looks Like

The business value the methodology documents at level 4 (Optimized):

Transforms recertification from a compliance exercise into continuous risk reduction.

Next Step

A Typical Next Move

For programs sitting around level 0 (Absent), the methodology recommends this as the next rational step:

Standardize access review cadence and ownership for critical systems.

What reaching level 2 (Developing) unlocks

Operational efficiency gains.

Evidence

Evidence Assessors Ask For

A sample of the artifacts an assessor expects to see around level 2 (Developing):

  • Automated campaign scheduling
  • Direct integration with target systems
  • Evidence of timely access removal

Compliance

Compliance Frameworks That Cite This Control

The bank's regulatory mapping for IGA-03 resolves to 7 frameworks with a researched compliance threshold. Weakness here shows up in audits, not only in incidents.

Where Does Your Program Land on IGA-03?

This page is the teaser layer. The full rubric behind IGA-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.