Di era digital saat ini, ancaman siber semakin marak dan dapat memberikan risiko kebocoran data bagi organisasi, baik di sektor publik maupun swasta. Bahkan, satu akun dengan hak akses berlebihan sudah cukup bagi peretas untuk menyusup ke seluruh sistem organisasi.

Untuk melindungi organisasi dari insiden ini, Anda dapat mendelegasikan izin ke pengguna berdasarkan role dan tanggung jawabnya. Di sinilah role-based access control (RBAC) berperan.

RBAC adalah metode pemberian izin dan akses berdasarkan role serta tanggung jawab karyawan. Dalam perusahaan besar dengan berbagai tingkatan hierarki, ada kebutuhan akses terhadap informasi sensitif. Dengan RBAC, pengguna hanya diberikan akses yang relevan dengan tugas mereka. Misalnya, tim HR hanya dapat membuat dan mengelola akun pengguna tetapi tidak memiliki akses ke data keuangan atau kesehatan. Ini membantu mengurangi risiko akses yang tidak sah.

Jika proses penambahan user, pemberian izin, dan pembaruan informasi pada sistem dilakukan secara manual, banyak waktu terbuang dan rentan terjadi error. Pekerjaan yang berulang ini juga dapat membebani tim IT, mengalihkan fokus mereka dari tugas yang lebih strategis. Namun, dengan tool dan resource yang tepat, proses ini bisa disederhanakan dan dipercepat.

ADManager Plus, solusi pelaporan dan manajemen Active Directory dari ManageEngine, memiliki role keamanan bawaan yang dapat didelegasikan. Solusi ini meningkatkan produktivitas dengan mengurangi waktu dan upaya yang diperlukan untuk mengelola akun pengguna. Role keamanan dapat dengan mudah didelegasikan ke pengguna atau grup mana pun.

ADManager Plus memungkinkan Anda untuk membuat peran yang disesuaikan dengan izin yang terperinci, memastikan pengguna hanya memiliki akses ke resource yang benar-benar diperlukan. Dengan menerapkan prinsip least privilege dan just-in-time access, ADManager Plus membantu meminimalkan risiko keamanan serta melindungi data organisasi.

ADManager Plus membantu implementasi RBAC dengan:  

• Melakukan delegasi role secara terperinci pada user non-IT dengan laporan audit. Misalnya, tim HR dapat diberikan akses standard untuk mengelola pembuatan dan modifikasi pengguna tanpa perlu melibatkan admin IT.

• Menyediakan template custom dan role-based untuk penyediaan user.

• Menyediakan laporan mendetail yang memberikan insight mengenai akses pengguna ke server file yang penting. Hal ini memungkinkan Anda untuk mengidentifikasi risiko keamanan potensial.

• Mengirim alert real-time via email atau SMS terkait semua tindakan manajemen.

RBAC adalah mekanisme pertahanan organisasi Anda untuk menghalau ancaman siber. Untuk melakukan RBAC dengan lebih efektif, gunakan ADManager Plus yang dapat mengautomasi RBAC dan menyederhanakan kontrol akses, sehingga melindungi sistem Anda. Pelajari selengkapnya di sini!

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Dalam dunia keamanan siber yang terus berkembang, ancaman siber selalu mengintai dan menjadi kekhawatiran utama. Di saat ini, memberi hak akses permanen atau standing privilege kepada akun pengguna menciptakan kerentanan serius bagi organisasi. Kerentanan ini diperkuat oleh laporan insiden kebocoran data Verizon 2023, yang mengungkap bahwa 74% dari seluruh kebocoran data terjadi akibat penyalahgunaan privilege atau pencurian kredensial.

Bagaimana admin IT dan staf help desk dapat mengelola privilege atau hak istimewa pengguna dengan efektif? Apa yang terjadi jika izin akses yang diberikan tidak pernah diperiksa dalam waktu lama? Bukankah itu bisa membahayakan keamanan perusahaan?

Di kasus-kasus tersebut, peninjauan akses berkala adalah jawabannya. Untuk melakukan hal ini, admin dapat menggunakan tool identity governance and administration (IGA) dengan kemampuan access certification. Fitur access certification yang ideal dapat membantu mengautomasi proses access certification berkala untuk mengecek akses pengguna.

Apa manfaat access certification bagi organisasi?

• Peninjauan akses berkala memastikan pengguna tidak memiliki standing privilege dan mengimplementasikan prinsip least privilege.

• Insider threat yang muncul akibat privilege creep dapat dicegah.

• Compliance dengan mandat seperti SOX, HIPPA, FISMA, dan PCI DSS untuk meminimalkan risiko denda.

• Efisiensi operasional yang tinggi dapat tercapai dengan pengecekan privilege otomatis.

Bagaimana cara kerja access certification campaign?

• Admin dapat membuat access certification campaign dengan memilih izin pengguna yang akan ditinjau.

• Campaign ini dijadwalkan untuk mengirim permintaan tinjauan akses secara otomatis pada interval tertentu, seperti per bulan atau per kuarter. Hal ini dilakukan untuk memastikan proses berjalan konsisten tanpa hambatan.

• Certifier atau pemberi sertifikat dapat dipilih secara spesifik atau ditetapkan secara dinamis berdasarkan aturan yang telah ditentukan.

• Certifier memvalidasi izin akses pengguna.

• Sebagai tambahan lapisan keamanan, self-certification atas izin pengguna dapat dibatasi.

Cari tahu bagaimana melakukan access certification berkala dengan ManageEngine ADManager Plus pada panduan ini!

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Industri teknologi berkembang cepat, sama cepatnya seperti serangan siber. Pada laporan IT governance data breach April 2024, industri pendidikan mengalami paling banyak insiden pelanggaran data, diikuti dengan industri kesehatan. Sementara itu, sektor layanan IT dan software mengalami umlah data yang paling banyak bocor.

Mengapa? Sering kali, tidak adanya proses access certification membuat organisasi tidak memiliki perlindungan yang cukup dalam menghadapi eksploitasi privilege. Pengguna dengan privilege yang tidak mereka butuhkan untuk melakukan tanggung jawabnya, ditambah dengan sistem manajemen izin akses yang lemah, membuat organisasi menjadi target empuk bagi serangan siber dan pencurian data.

Para pelaku kejahatan siber sudah siap mengeksploitasi celah pada izin akses ini, karena mereka tidak perlu berusaha keras untuk mendapatkan hak akses yang lebih tinggi dan mengakses data rahasia. Oleh karena itu, kini administrator jaringan dan sistem perlu mengamankan akses ke data organisasi mereka. Sebagai pembelajaran, mari kita lihat beberapa serangan siber terbaru yang berdampak buruk pada bisnis dan pelanggan mereka.

Contoh serangan siber yang terungkap

Pada tanggal 15 Mei 2024, sebuah bank dari Spanyol mengumumkan adanya kebocoran data yang melibatkan vendor pihak ketiga. Insiden ini menyebabkan bocornya data karyawan saat ini dan mantan karyawan, serta informasi pelanggan dari Chile, Spanyol, dan Uruguay. Meskipun operasi bank tetap berjalan normal, kejadian ini mengungkap kelemahan besar dalam keamanan manajemen izin akses mereka.

Serupa dengan kasus tersebut, sebuah perusahan otomotif terkemuka mengalami kebocoran data karyawan, termasuk nomor jaminan sosial, pada Februari 2024. Insiden ini diduga terjadi karena bocornya kredensial mantan karyawan, memungkinkan akses tidak sah ke jaringan perusahaan.

Sederhananya, kegagalan dalam meninjau dan memberikan hak akses yang tepat kepada karyawan atau vendor pihak ketiga dapat menimbulkan celah yang besar pada strategi keamanan data organisasi. Itulah mengapa, menerapkan solusi yang dapat mengautomasi access review dan certification campaign bagi karyawan penting untuk menutup celah tersebut.

Mengapa Anda membutuhkan access governance tool?  

1. Memudahkan eskalasi ancaman siber

Access governance membantu meminimalkan attack surface dengan memastikan hanya individu yang disetujui yang memiliki akses ke data dan sistem tertentu.

2. Mematuhi lanskap regulasi yang terus berubah

Dengan peraturan privasi data yang semakin ketat, access governance membantu organisasi melacak akses pengguna dan membuktikan kepatuhan terhadap regulasi yang ada maupun yang baru muncul.

3. Meningkatnya adopsi cloud dan remote workforce

Meningkatnya aplikasi berbasis cloud untuk kerja remote membutuhkan kontrol akses yang lebih terpusat. Access governance memungkinkan pengelolaan izin akses yang terpusat, memastikan keamanan terjamin di mana pun pengguna berada.

4. Mitigasi pencurian kredensial

Karyawan yang memiliki niat jahat dapat menjadi ancaman serius bagi keamanan data. Dengan memantau aktivitas akses, mendeteksi perilaku mencurigakan, dan menerapkan prinsip least privilege (memberikan hanya akses yang dibutuhkan bagi role suatu user), access governance membantu mengurangi risiko keamanan.

5. Meningkatkan efisiensi dan menghemat biaya

Melakukan manajemen secara manual memakan banyak biaya dan rentan terjadi kesalahan. Namun, tool access governance mampu mengotomatisasi tugas seperti provisioning dan deprovisioning akses, memudahkan workflow IT, dan mengurangi biaya administratif. Hal ini pada akhirnya dapat menghemat biaya organisasi.

ADManager Plus untuk access governance  

ADManager Plus, solusi IGA dari ManageEngine, menyediakan access certification campaign otomatis untuk terus-menerus memantau hak akses user dan group pada organisasi. Campaign ini dapat dijadwalkan secara otomatis, sehingga admin, manajer, atau pemilik resource dapat meninjau dan menilai privilege pengguna pada Active Directory—seperti izin grup dan folder NTFS—serta izin aplikasi, role, dan grup Microsoft 365. Berdasarkan hasil tinjauan, akses user dan grup dapat dipertahankan atau dicabut guna memastikan keamanan manajemen izin akses yang lebih kuat dan efisien.

Buatlah access certification campaign dengan ADManager Plus! Download free trial sekarang!

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Integrating biometrics into your organization’s identity and access management (IAM) strategy can feel like stepping into the future, but it’s a future that’s already here. With technologies like facial recognition and fingerprint scanning becoming mainstream, businesses are discovering smarter ways to secure access while keeping user experiences smooth. But as with any powerful tool, integrating biometrics requires thoughtful planning to maximize security without creating new vulnerabilities. Let’s explore how to do this right.

1. Start with a security-first mindset  

Biometric authentication isn’t just about replacing passwords; it’s about building a fortress around your data. Unlike traditional credentials, biometric identifiers like fingerprints or iris scans are unique to each individual, making them far harder to steal or replicate. Begin by auditing your current IAM setup to identify gaps where biometrics could add the most value. For example, high-risk systems like financial databases or admin portals might benefit from multi-factor authentication that combines biometrics with a one-time password.

Pro tip: Test biometric solutions in phases. Pilot them with a small team first, gather feedback on usability, and refine them before rolling them out organization-wide.

2. Balance convenience and privacy  

One of biometrics’ biggest selling points is convenience—no more forgotten passwords or token mismatches. However, convenience shouldn’t come at the cost of privacy. Ensure your biometric data is encrypted both in transit and at rest and adopt a Zero Trust approach where access is granted only after rigorous verification.

• Transparency is key: Clearly communicate to users how their biometric data will be stored and used.

• Offer alternatives: While biometrics streamline access, some users may prefer traditional methods. Let them choose.

3. Tackle implementation challenges head-on  

Biometric systems aren’t foolproof. False rejections (legitimate users being denied access) and false acceptances (unauthorized users slipping through) can still happen. Mitigate these risks by:

• Layering authentication: Pair biometrics with another factor, like a hardware token.

• Updating systems regularly: Ensure your biometric software stays ahead of evolving threats.

• Choosing adaptable solutions: Opt for vendors that support multiple modalities (e.g., fingerprint and facial recognition) to cater to diverse needs.

4. Future-proof your strategy  

The biometrics landscape is evolving fast. In 2025, innovations like behavioral biometrics (analyzing typing patterns or mouse movements) and AI-driven fraud detection are redefining what’s possible. Stay ahead by:

• Partnering with vendors committed to cutting-edge research.

• Regularly reviewing compliance standards like the GDPR or CCPA to ensure your practices stay lawful.

Just as decluttering your digital workspace sets the stage for a productive year, integrating biometrics into IAM clears the path for a more secure, efficient future. By prioritizing privacy, embracing flexibility, and staying curious about emerging trends, your organization can turn biometrics from a buzzword into a cornerstone of your security strategy. Here’s to a safer, smarter tomorrow where access is seamless, and peace of mind is guaranteed.

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Organizations often struggle to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of user access rights, especially with users and regulatory requirements constantly evolving. This can lead to security vulnerabilities, compliance breaches, and inefficient operations.

Are you looking for a hassle-free and structured process to ensure the right users have access to appropriate resources for the required period? Don’t worry, we have got you covered!

ADManager Plus makes it possible with Access Certification Campaigns. This is a method for reviewing and validating the access rights given to the users. Access Certification Campaigns simplify how organizations manage user access, reducing risks to access-related threats while also assuring compliance with IT requirements such as the GDPR, the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others.

With Access Certification Campaigns, you can identify users with excessive access rights and have them reviewed by higher authorities. This is done by assigning a certifier, customized based on your organization’s needs. The certifier will validate the user’s group memberships and access permissions.

How does Access Certification Campaigns help your organization?

• Review and manage user access rights with a user-friendly dashboard.

• Identify and get rid of excessive privileges of users.

• Audit user rights and grant them access only for the required time period.

• Review user entitlements to comply with regulations like HIPAA and GDPR.

• Automate access review requests to ensure the least privilege.

Secure your access today to safeguard your organization against potential threats. Get a free demo today, and begin exploring Access Certification Campaign and other features offered by ADManager Plus.

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In today’s world, cyberthreats are so prevalent that they expose both public and private organizations to data breaches. A single account with excessive privileges is enough for a hacker to infiltrate the entire organization.

To protect your organization from such incidents, you can delegate permissions to users based on their roles and responsibilities. This is where role-based access control (RBAC) comes in.

RBAC is assigning permissions and access to an employee based on their roles and responsibilities. Many large businesses have varying levels of hierarchy that require access to sensitive information. With RBAC, you can provide users with only the access relevant to their responsibilities. For instance, users from the HR team can be delegated access only to create and modify users, but they won’t have access to information like health and financial records. This reduces the risk of unauthorized access.

Manually adding users, assigning permissions, and updating information in every system can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. This repetitive work can drain IT resources, diverting attention from more strategic tasks. However, implementing the right tools and resources can simplify and help speed up the process.

ADManager Plus, an Active Directory management and reporting solution from ManageEngine, has built-in security roles that can be delegated. This improves productivity by reducing the time and effort spent on managing user accounts. The security roles can be easily and consistently delegated to any users or groups.

ADManager Plus allows you to create tailored roles with granular permissions, ensuring users only have access to the resources they need. By enforcing the principle of least privilege and using just-in-time Access, ADManager Plus helps minimize security risks and protect your organization’s data.

ADManager Plus helps with RBAC implementation by:

• Delegating granular roles to non-IT users with audit reports. For instance, delegating the HR department to manage basic user creation and modification without the help of IT admins.

• Providing a customizable, role-based user provisioning template.

• Providing detailed reports that give insights into users’ access to critical file servers. This allows you to identify potential security risks.

• Sending real-time email or SMS alerts on all management actions.

RBAC can be your organization’s defense mechanism to help prevent cyberthreats. ADManager Plus automates RBAC and simplifies access control, protecting your environment. Learn more here.

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Technology has been an integral part of the education industry, even before the onset of the pandemic. However, the shift from traditional classrooms to online courses, virtual classrooms, and digital textbooks has taken place at a rapid pace since 2020. This transition to the digital world has widened opportunities, but it has also opened avenues for cyberattacks and compliance violations.

Identity governance and administration (IGA) is a framework that can help educational institutions monitor user identities and ensure that the right users have the right access to resources. An IGA solution can help you protect sensitive data, manage diverse user groups, and ensure seamless access to resources.

Why you need an IGA  solution

According to a report by CISA, educational institutions were among the primary targets of ransomware groups. These attacks often lead to data breaches and affect the day-to-day operations of the institutions. In 2023, CISA also released the Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K–12 organizations from Cybersecurity Threats report that includes recommendations and resources to help prevent cybersecurity incidents.

Strengthening your defenses against cyberattacks can seem like a daunting task. But a comprehensive identity IGA solution, like ManageEngine ADManager Plus, can address a variety of issues and automate many manual processes. Continue reading to find out the various cybersecurity concerns that ADManager Plus can help you with.

How ADManager Plus can help 

Ensuring data security

Educational institutions deal with sensitive data such as student records, personal information, and financial data. Unauthorized access to such data can lead to issues such as security breaches, data leaks, and privacy violations. Additionally, protecting this information is required to maintain and comply with various regulations.

ManageEngine ADManager Plus offers role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to such sensitive data. You can create custom roles with specific permissions and assign them to staff members, such as teachers, administrators, or IT support, automatically granting them the appropriate level of access. User creation templates can be customized for different roles to streamline the onboarding process, ensuring that the necessary attributes, like department, class, or grade, are automatically updated. Additionally, you can use the orchestration feature to ensure that these attributes are updated automatically whenever there is a change in the user’s role, department, title, or other relevant factors. ADManager Plus also lets you create customizable access certification campaigns to keep an eye on the access permissions given to the users and groups in your educational institution.

Streamlining user and access management

Educational institutions usually consists of a diverse user base. It includes students, teachers, staff, and even parents. Each of these user groups will require different access permissions to data and resources. Managing all the users as well as varying levels of access manually can be difficult, time-consuming, and prone to errors.

ADManager Plus lets you automate user provisioning and deprovisioning and streamline access management. Easily create event-driven automation profiles that will on-board and off-board users after a trigger event. Provide permissions to the users and streamline the periodic review of the access privileges given.

Compliance and reporting

Just like every other industry, the education industry also has to comply with certain regulatory requirements, such as FERPA, the GLBA, the PCI DSS, and the HEOA. ADManager Plus can help institutions stay compliant with regulations and internal policies with detailed, preconfigured reports. Schedule these reports to automatically generate at specified times and monitor all the user activities in your environment.

Investing in an IGA solution like ManageEngine ADManager Plus can help secure your institution against cyberattacks and prevent data breaches. It strengthens security, ensures compliance and streamlines user management while reducing IT workload. Want to check out how ADManager Plus can help secure your journey of digital transformation? Download a free, 30-day trial of the product or schedule a personalized demo to see how we can help you.

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The tech industry is evolving at lightning speed, and with it, cyberattacks are surging. In this year’s April IT governance data breach report, the education industry suffered the highest number of data breach incidents followed by the healthcare industry, while the IT services and software sector had the most number of records breached.

Why? Often, it is the lack of an access certification process that leaves an organization defenseless against privilege exploitation. Users with unnecessary privileges beyond their job role, coupled with a weak access management system, make organizations a magnet for cyberattacks and data theft.

Cybercriminals are readily cashing in by exploiting such access permission loopholes, as they need not try hard to gain elevated permissions and access confidential data. So, it is more crucial now than ever for network and system admins to secure access to their organization’s data. First off, let’s examine some recent cyberattacks that had adverse impacts on businesses and their customers.

Cyberattacks unmasked

On May 15th, 2024, a Spain-based bank revealed a data breach involving its third-party vendor, exposing data of current and former employees as well as customer details from Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. This incident highlighted a significant flaw in the bank’s access management system, even though regular operations were unaffected.

Similarly, a prominent automobile company determined in February of this year that its employees’ personal data, including social security numbers, was compromised due to a breach. The breach likely involved compromising a former employee’s credentials, which allowed for unauthorized access to the company network.

Simply put, failing to assess and grant the right level of access permissions to employees or third-party vendors systematically creates a gaping hole in an organization’s data security strategy. That’s why deploying a solution that can automate access review and certification campaigns for employees of your organization helps plug in those security gaps.

Why do you need an access governance tool?

1. Escalating cyberthreats

Access governance helps minimize the attack surface by ensuring only authorized individuals have access to specific data and systems.

2. Evolving regulatory landscape

As data privacy regulations are becoming stricter, access governance helps organizations track user access and demonstrate compliance with existing and emerging data privacy mandates.

3. Remote workforces and cloud adoption

The rise of remote work and cloud-based applications creates a more dynamic and dispersed access environment. Access governance provides centralized control over access permissions, ensuring security regardless of user locations.

4. Mitigating credential theft

Disgruntled employees or those with malicious intent can pose a significant security risk. Access governance helps mitigate this risk by monitoring access activity, identifying suspicious behavior, and enforcing the principle of least privilege (granting only the minimum access needed for a user’s role).

5. Improved efficiency and cost savings

Manually performing access management is time-consuming and error-prone. Access governance tools automate tasks like provisioning and deprovisioning access, streamlining IT workflows and reducing administrative overhead. This translates to cost savings for organizations.

ADManager Plus for access governance

ADManager Plus, a premier IGA solution, provides automated access certification campaigns to continuously monitor user and group entitlements within an organization. These campaigns are scheduled to run automatically, enabling admins, managers, or resource owners to review and assess users’ privileges in Active Directory—such as group and NTFS folder permissions—as well as Microsoft 365 groups, roles, and application permissions. Based on the review outcomes, user and group access to resources can be retained or revoked, ensuring robust and efficient access management. Create an access certification campaign today with ADManager Plus! Download the free trial today with no strings attached.

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Imagine starting the school year without the chaos of setting up thousands of new accounts, updating permissions, or handling a deluge of password reset requests. Sounds impossible? It’s not—with ADManager Plus.

Common challenges in student account management

• Account setup hassles: Manually creating new accounts for each student is time-consuming and prone to errors. With ADManager Plus, this process is automated and synced with your student information systems (SISs), saving time and ensuring accuracy.

• Group management nightmares: Constantly updating access rights and course files for students across different platforms can be daunting. ADManager Plus simplifies this by allowing group modifications in bulk, aligned with SIS data.

• Password reset overload: Handling numerous password reset requests can slow down your IT support team. ADManager Plus enables bulk password resets, minimizing downtime and keeping the focus on learning.

• Account cleanup issues: Ensuring that accounts for graduated or departed students are deactivated is crucial for maintaining security. ADManager Plus automates this process, ensuring inactive accounts are managed efficiently.

Simplify learning for students and staff by automating IAM

By automating these essential tasks, ADManager Plus frees up your IT team to focus on more critical issues. It integrates seamlessly with existing systems, making student account management a breeze across Active Directory, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and other educational applications. Check out this page for more info.

Here’s your chance to learn it live from the experts

If all these challenges resonate with you and you’re on the hunt for a streamlined Active Directory management solution, don’t miss our webinar, Back to school essentials: Transform student account management with ManageEngine! Discover how to seamlessly integrate your SISs with Active Directory and tackle account management issues with ease. This is your golden opportunity to ensure a hassle-free start to the school year. Register now!

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