Identity Governance & Access Assurance

Control access. Reduce risk. Strengthen accountability.

NexTrust helps organisations strengthen identity governance, privileged access control, user access review and lifecycle management across critical systems.

 
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When this service is relevant

This service is designed for organisations that need clear, practical support in specific situations where risk, assurance, resilience or compliance expectations require action.

  • You need to review access to critical systems, databases or applications.
  • Audit findings have highlighted weak user access reviews or privileged access controls.
  • Joiner, mover and leaver processes are inconsistent or manual.
  • Roles, responsibilities and access ownership are unclear.
  • Segregation of duties or excessive privileges may create risk.
  • You want to design or improve an identity governance framework.

The client challenge

Access risk grows quietly when identities, privileges and approvals are not actively governed. Excessive access, weak joiner-mover-leaver processes, dormant accounts, privileged users and unclear ownership can expose organisations to fraud, cyber incidents, data leakage and audit findings. Strong identity governance creates accountability around who has access, why they have it and whether it remains appropriate.

What NexTrust helps you do

We focus on practical actions, decision-ready evidence and outcomes that can be used by leadership, risk owners, technical teams and governance stakeholders.

Assess identity governance maturity and access control effectiveness.

Review privileged access, administrator accounts and high-risk permissions.

Evaluate user access review and recertification processes.

Assess joiner-mover-leaver controls and HR-to-IT handoffs.

Review role-based access control and segregation of duties risks.

Develop an access remediation roadmap and governance model.

Service modules

Each engagement is tailored to the client environment. The modules below can be delivered individually or combined into a broader programme.

Review identity governance operating model, ownership, policies, workflows and control maturity.

Identity and access management review, user access review, recertification testing and access risk analysis.

Privileged access management review, administrator account review, emergency access review and monitoring expectations.

Joiner-mover-leaver controls review, account provisioning, modification, termination and periodic validation.

Role-based access control review, access rationalisation and segregation of duties assessment.

Identity governance framework design, access ownership model and remediation roadmap.

Typical deliverables

Outputs are structured to support management action, evidence requirements, remediation and executive decision-making.

Identity governance assessment report

IAM review report

Privileged access review findings

User access review and recertification report

Segregation of duties review

Access risk register

Identity governance framework

Access remediation roadmap

Client outcomes

The objective is not only to identify issues, but to help the organisation move from insight to action.

  • Reduced unauthorised access and privilege misuse risk.
  • Stronger control over privileged and high-risk accounts.
  • Improved access review and recertification discipline.
  • Clearer ownership of access rights and approval decisions.
  • Better audit readiness for identity and access controls.
  • A practical roadmap for identity governance improvement.
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Frameworks and references

Depending on the engagement, our work may be aligned to recognised standards, sector expectations, client policies and applicable regulatory or supervisory requirements.

ISO/IEC 27001 access control domains
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
CIS Controls
COBIT
Segregation of duties principles
Client HR, access and security policies

The NexTrust perspective

NexTrust makes access risk visible by connecting people, roles, privileges, approvals, business ownership and lifecycle controls into one accountability model.

How we engage

Each engagement follows NexTrust’s structured delivery model, tailored to the service context and client priorities.

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Frame
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Discover
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Assess
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Advise
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Enable

Strengthen access governance before access becomes exposure.

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