Identity and access management (IAM) ensures that the right people and systems have the right access to the right resources, for the right reasons, and no more. Access control failures, such as leavers with active accounts, excessive privileges and shared administrator logins, are among the most common audit findings, so this topic is heavily tested. Every other control depends on it: segregation of duties, audit trails and data protection all assume that access is granted correctly and removed on time.
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