Identity & Access Security Review

Comprehensive assessment of identity and access management systems, authentication mechanisms and access control policies to ensure secure access governance.

Overview

Identity and access security review evaluates IAM systems, authentication methods, authorization controls and access policies. We assess identity governance and access control posture to identify security gaps.

Testing Areas

  • IAM System Assessment: Evaluation of identity management systems, user provisioning, deprovisioning and identity lifecycle management.
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Assessment of MFA implementation, coverage and effectiveness across systems and applications.
  • Privilege Management: Review of privilege escalation, least privilege principles, role-based access controls and privileged access management.
  • Access Policy Review: Evaluation of access policies, permissions, entitlements and policy enforcement mechanisms.
  • Authentication Mechanisms: Testing of password policies, SSO implementation, authentication protocols and session management.
  • Access Control Posture: Overall assessment of access control effectiveness and security posture.

Scoring Output

  • IAM Security Score (0–100) — Overall identity and access security rating
  • Authentication Security Rating — Authentication mechanism assessment
  • Access Control Score — Authorization and access control effectiveness
  • Privilege Management Rating — Privilege and role management assessment
  • Access Governance Score — Identity governance and policy compliance
  • Benchmark Comparison — Industry and peer comparison

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Common Challenges

Issues organizations face that drive the need for independent assessment

Excessive Permissions

Users and service accounts accumulate permissions over time far beyond what they actually need.

Stale Accounts

Former employees, contractors and unused service accounts remain active, creating unauthorized access risk.

Missing MFA

Critical systems and privileged accounts lack multi-factor authentication.

No Access Visibility

Organizations cannot answer who has access to what and whether that access is appropriate.

How AssureSQ Helps

Independent testing, scoring and improvement guidance

Access Review and Audit

Comprehensive review of user accounts, permissions, roles and access patterns across systems and applications.

Privilege Analysis

Identification of excessive permissions, privilege escalation paths and separation of duty violations.

MFA and Authentication Assessment

Evaluation of authentication mechanisms, MFA coverage and password policy effectiveness.

IAM Maturity Score

Quantified score covering access governance, privilege management, authentication strength and provisioning processes.

Frequently Asked Questions

It covers user account lifecycle management, role-based access control effectiveness, privileged access management, multi-factor authentication coverage, service account management and access certification processes.
Critical systems should have quarterly access reviews. All systems should have at least annual reviews. Privileged access should be reviewed monthly.
Yes. We assess IAM configurations in AWS, Azure and GCP including IAM policies, roles, service accounts, cross-account access and identity federation.