IGA

IGA-05

Entitlement Discovery and Classification

This control asks one thing: How does the organization discover, inventory, and classify entitlements across applications and infrastructure?

Low Maturity

What Failure Looks Like

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

Invisible risk from accumulated permissions. Over-provisioned access proliferates because no one knows what entitlements exist.

High Maturity

What Good Looks Like

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

Minimizes standing access risk while reducing manual governance overhead.

Next Step

A Typical Next Move

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

Inventory entitlements for critical systems and establish basic classification (admin vs. standard).

What reaching level 2 (Developing) unlocks

Data-driven access reviews with entitlement context.

Evidence

Evidence Assessors Ask For

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

  • IGA connectors pulling entitlement data from applications
  • Classification taxonomy applied (e.g., sensitive, standard, privileged)
  • Entitlement data used in access certification campaigns

Compliance

Compliance Frameworks That Cite This Control

The bank's regulatory mapping for IGA-05 resolves to 6 frameworks with a researched compliance threshold. Weakness here shows up in audits, not only in incidents.

Where Does Your Program Land on IGA-05?

This page is the teaser layer. The full rubric behind IGA-05 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.