Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Companies falling behind on IT access governance, survey finds


As enterprises turn to Web-based applications for various uses -- from payroll, expense reporting and other employee services -- many are finding it more difficult to control access governance, according to a new survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute LLC. Outsourcing services and relying on contractors to do work is also making access a difficult problem to solve.

The survey of 728 IT professionals found many enterprises are having trouble keeping pace with access changes resulting in many employees having more access to systems than necessary. Eighty-seven percent of those surveyed said individuals had too much access to resources that are not pertinent to their job description. The figure has risen 9% from the 2008 access governance survey.

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