White Papers for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

Building a Business Case for Enterprise Access Governance

Aveska

The increased demands of regulatory compliance are causing corporate business and IT security
managers to review their access governance policies and procedures with an eye toward improving
the efficiency and reliability of their systems,while reducing the complexity and cost associated with
demonstrating compliance.Within many organizations,however,access governance is not viewed as
a strategic issue and regulatory compliance is simply regarded as a sunk cost.This narrow perspective
can obscure the true value of investing in technologies that strengthen,automate,and streamline
access governance,enabling it to be sustainable.

In fact,meeting compliance requirements and reducing costs are not the only compelling reasons
for investing in better access governance.When IT security managers focus only on these issues,
they may overlook access-related risk factors that can have a profound impact on their organizations
including revenue loss,unexpected expenses,customer attrition,and damage to the reputation of the
company and its brands.

When building a business case for an investment in access governance,it is advisable to consider all of
these possible areas of benefit instead of focusing only on compliance and the immediate cost savings
associated with automation.The value of containing and avoiding costs over time and protecting the
enterprise against an interruption of its core business operations is much too great to ignore in a
business case analysis.

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