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ISC2 SSCP Oct 2025 outline · Domain 2: Access controls

Access reviews, recertification and privilege creep

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Even with a good provisioning process, access drifts over time. People change projects, managers approve temporary exceptions that are never removed, applications create local accounts, and groups gain members nobody remembers adding. Access reviews are the detective control that catches this drift and returns entitlements to least privilege.

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