Detecting and Managing Toxic Access Combinations in Access Panel

Access Panel helps organizations enforce access governance by automatically detecting and managing toxic combinations of access rights. These combinations—also called conflicts of interest or segregation of duties (SoD) violations—occur when a user has overlapping roles or entitlements that could pose a compliance or security risk. Access Panel includes built-in policy tools that flag and act on these risks without manual intervention.

Separation of Duty (SoD) Policy Features

Access Panel includes a powerful feature called Separation of Duty (SoD) policies, which are designed specifically to identify and control toxic combinations. These policies define rules that prevent users from holding conflicting roles or permissions. Key capabilities include:

• Predefined Risk Rules: Organizations can configure known risk pairings, such as a user having both “request” and “approve” permissions in the same workflow.

• Automated Detection: As entitlements are assigned, Access Panel continuously checks for SoD violations in real time using these rules.

• Alerting and Remediation: When a violation is detected, Access Panel automatically generates alerts. These can be routed to designated reviewers who must either approve an exception or revoke access.

• Exception Handling: The system supports exception management for cases where temporary or justified SoD violations are necessary, with full audit tracking.