Performing Entitlement Review with SailPoint IdentityIQ
When to Use
- Quarterly or annual access certification campaigns are required for compliance (SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- Organization needs automated manager-based access reviews for all direct reports
- Targeted entitlement reviews are needed for sensitive applications or high-privilege roles
- Separation of Duties (SOD) violations must be identified and remediated
- Orphaned accounts and excessive entitlements need to be discovered and cleaned up
- Audit findings require evidence of periodic access review and remediation tracking
Do not use for real-time access control decisions; IdentityIQ certifications are periodic review processes designed for governance and compliance validation.
Prerequisites
- SailPoint IdentityIQ 8.2+ deployed with database backend (Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server)
- Application connectors configured for all in-scope systems (Active Directory, LDAP, databases, SaaS applications)
- Identity cubes aggregated with current entitlement data from all connected sources
- Email server configured for certification notifications
- Manager hierarchy defined in the identity model
- Business roles and e…
