Role Lifecycle Management with NEXIS

AI-Powered Role Governance From Design to Recertification.

From Static Role Chaos to Continuous Control

Most IAM programs live with fragmented and outdated role models. Systems grow, exceptions multiply, and roles no longer reflect how access is actually used. Manual fixes, audit pressure, and compliance gaps become the norm.

NEXIS puts an end to one-off cleanup projects. As an Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform (IVIP), it turns role management into a continuous, explainable, and compliant process – powered by analytics, AI, and scalable governance workflows.

Whether you're managing roles across IGA, PAM, SaaS or legacy systems, NEXIS provides cross-system transparency and full lifecycle control: from role discovery and optimization to SoD enforcement and automated recertification.

AI-assisted Discovery & Optimization

across IGA, PAM, and SaaS

Built-in SoD Controls

for preventive and detective conflict management

Automated Governance Workflows

including recertification and role cleanup

Role Model Discovery: From Raw Entitlements to Business-Ready Roles

Using Machine Learning, AI and pattern recognition, NEXIS helps identify clusters, outliers, and risky entitlements, laying the foundation for structured, scalable roles. NEXIS Identity Grid and matrix views provide a 360° overview of identities, roles and entitlements and intuitive visual insights, that are easy to understand for business users.

Role mining becomes a repeatable process rather than a one-time project. Business-friendly roles are derived on a clean data foundation and aligned with actual system entitlements.

Capabilities

Automated analysis and cleansing of authorizations, including identification of excessive privileges and inconsistencies
Hybrid role modeling that supports both rule-based dynamic roles, static business roles (RBAC) and attribute-based access management (ABAC)
Intelligent clustering to derive role candidates from real usage and process structures
Supporting any type of authorization model: static and dynamic RBAC, ABAC or even policy-based approaches (PBAC)

Role Optimization: Continuous Improvement Instead of Static Role Sets

Once roles are established, NEXIS keeps them efficient and compliant over time. Analytics, Governance and ISPM capabilities work together to identify optimization potential.

Benefits:

Leaner role models with fewer exceptions and manual overrides

Lower operational effort for IAM teams through guided optimization

Improved alignment between designed roles and real-world access behavior
Birthrights and policy-based assignments paving the way to zero access reviews

Built-in Role Optimization

Continuously improves roles through embedded governance workflows and recertification triggers

AI-guided Adjustments

Receive explainable recommendations during certifications, powered by NICO (NEXIS Intelligent Co-Pilot), based on real peer patterns and explainable logic

Usage-based Insights

Integration with ISPM to identify unused roles, access outliers, and license waste for data-driven cleanups

SoD Matrix: Segregation of Duties Embedded in the Role Lifecycle

Segregation of Duties (SoD) is critical for preventing fraud and meeting compliance standards, especially in regulated industries like banking and insurance. NEXIS delivers an interactive SoD matrix that operates across applications and systems.

Why it matters:

Immediate visibility into SoD conflicts across systems and roles
Fewer audit findings thanks to early conflict detection
Continuous enforcement through self-service and governance workflows

Core Elements

SoD classes as a logical framework: define conflicts at a business-process level (e.g. front office vs. back office)
Flexible SoD rule sets: manage both generic and system-specific rules across multiple systems
Preventive & detective controls: catch conflicts during role design, access requests, and periodic reviews

Role Lifecycle Governance: Governance Workflows as the Backbone of Sustainable Access Control

Workflows That Make Role Governance Scalable

Even the best role model needs governance to stay compliant and relevant. NEXIS 4 provides built-in lifecycle workflows that manage roles, permissions, and users – not just at rollout, but continuously. It combines more than 200 standard workflows with a graphical workflow editor and automated recertifications.

What NEXIS enables:

Automated recertifications: triggered by time or events, with reminders and escalation paths
Risk-aware workflows: integrate SoD checks and policy validations directly into decision flows
Flexible approvals: involve business, risk, and compliance roles with configurable chains

Clarity and Control for Access Structures

Alongside workflows, NEXIS complements governance by providing template-based, centrally managed IAM Governance Documentation keeping authorizations governed and documented at any point in time.