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Cyber Scoop is KeyStone Solutions monthly newsletter about the latest trends, topics, and articles relating to cybersecurity. As a Managed Service Security Provider (MSSP), KeyStone’s expert team helps small to medium sized businesses with IT services including virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO), cybersecurity, help desk support, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), cloud solutions, and KeyStone’s signature service, IT Team as a Service (ITTaaS) which is an all-encompass solution.

From The Desk of the CISO

The Importance of User Access Reviews

By Rob Ashcraft, CISO at KeyStone Solutions

Reviewing and auditing user access is another crucial activity for your businesses to maintain security, efficiency, and compliance. Periodic reviews of user access lower organizational risk by identifying inactive users, outdated permissions, and potential vulnerabilities. Reviewing user access can prevent user access sprawl and overprivileged user accounts that result in unnecessary risk to data privacy and security.

Reviewing and auditing user access also ensures that user roles and access permissions remain up to date. As your business operations evolve, access requirements will change. Periodic reviews help align user access with these evolving needs, ensuring appropriate access management.

How Identity and Access Management is Transforming Security for Businesses

Commentary by KeyStone’s Rob Ashcraft

A Biz Tech Magazine article calls Identity and Access Management (IAM) a game-changer and speaks of the importance to businesses in today’s “work-from-anywhere” world. Without doubt ensuring your organization has documented processes for IAM is a key element of your cybersecurity program. I encourage you to read the entire article as it provides great information and ideas to strengthen your IAM. Here are five key takeaways from the article:

• IAM is far more than a singular security solution. It’s a framework that combines various functionalities, controls, and standards to manage your organization’s digital identity privileges and ensure that the right people (and their devices) have access to the appropriate data and applications.
• A strong security posture should be a “frictionless experience” for the user. A good IAM program will be as simple as possible for end users but provide the appropriate security and account management needed for your organization.
• Consider a single sign-on solution that allows users to sign into multiple systems with a single ID, eliminating the need for re-authentication.
• IAM strengthens overall security by managing digital identities and user access to data, systems, and resources. Automated identity checks mitigate risks, improve compliance, and increase efficiencies across companies.
• IAM helps ensure secure access to critical resources, regardless of location or device. It’s a key enabler for distributed work environments.

Click on the link below to read the article from Biz Tech Magazine.

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