15+ years of experience in developing access management policies, procedures, and standards that govern how employees, partners, and machines access an organization’s digital assets.
Conducting risk assessments to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities related to identity and access management.
Designing and implementing security systems that comply with regulatory requirements and industry best practices such as NIST, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.
Maintaining and monitoring the identity management system to ensure that it operates optimally while detecting and addressing security incidents promptly.
Collaborating with application teams, IT managers, and business stakeholders to ensure that IAM security systems meet the organization’s needs.
Identify Access Needs:Work with key stakeholders, including IT managers, business owners, and compliance auditors, to identify each user’s role and responsibility within the organization.
Design Access Levels:Create a set of roles and permissions that determine what resources and data each user can access based on their job function, location, and other factors.
Implement Access Controls:Configure access controls, including authentication, authorization, and encryption, to ensure that the right users have access to the right resources.
Monitor Access Usage:Continually evaluate users’ access patterns and usage to detect any anomalies that may indicate potential threats.
Work closely with application developers to integrate access controls into the software code and ensure that the application satisfies the organization’s security requirements.
Implement access management solutions within the application environment to ensure that it aligns with the organization’s security policies.
Test and validate access controls through penetration testing and other techniques to ensure that the application’s security posture is strong.
Ensure consistency: By documenting procedures systematically, IAM Security Analysts ensure that all users are using the same policies and procedures when accessing sensitive data.
Enable Accountability: Documentation makes it easier for IAM Security Analysts to identify who did what, when, and why, making them suitable for investigations.
Facilitate Compliance: Documentation is essential for demonstrating regulatory compliance. Auditors can easily review the documentation to ensure that the organization has robust identity and access management controls.
Conduct performance testing to identify and solve any access impediments or bottlenecks.
Analyze access data to detect anomalous behavior patterns, identify security threats, and address vulnerabilities.
Implementing Emerging Technologies - researching, evaluating, and implementing emerging technologies to improve access management systems’ efficiency, accuracy, and prevent new threats.
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- Analyst, Consulting, and Project Management
- Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Business Consulting and Services, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics
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