{"id":12846,"date":"2025-09-16T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexisdev.nexis4.com\/?page_id=12846"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:26:59","slug":"role-lifecycle-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nexis-secure.com\/en\/solutions\/iam\/role-lifecycle-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Lifecycle Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Role Lifecycle Management with NEXIS<\/h2>\r\n \r\n

AI-Powered Role Governance From Design to Recertification.<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/header>\r\n\r\n

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From Static Role Chaos to Continuous Control<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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Most IAM programs live with fragmented and outdated role models.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.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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 \u2013 powered by analytics, AI, and scalable governance workflows.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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.<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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AI-assisted Discovery & Optimization<\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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Built-in SoD Controls<\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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Automated Governance Workflows<\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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Role Model Discovery: From Raw Entitlements to Business-Ready Roles<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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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\u00b0 overview of identities, roles and entitlements and intuitive visual insights, that are easy to understand for business users.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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.<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Capabilities <\/h3>
  • Automated analysis and cleansing of authorizations, including identification of excessive privileges and inconsistencies<\/li>
  • Hybrid role modeling that supports both rule-based dynamic roles, static business roles (RBAC) and attribute-based access management (ABAC)<\/li>
  • Intelligent clustering to derive role candidates from real usage and process structures<\/li>
  • Supporting any type of authorization model: static and dynamic RBAC, ABAC or even policy-based approaches (PBAC)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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    Role Optimization: Continuous Improvement Instead of Static Role Sets<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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    Once roles are established, NEXIS keeps them efficient and compliant over time. Analytics, Governance and ISPM capabilities work together to identify optimization potential.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    Benefits:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

    • Leaner role models with fewer exceptions and manual overrides<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>
      • Lower operational effort for IAM teams through guided optimization<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>
        • Improved alignment between designed roles and real-world access behavior<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
        • Birthrights and policy-based assignments paving the way to zero access reviews<\/span><\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          Built-in Role Optimization<\/h3>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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          AI-guided Adjustments<\/h3>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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          Usage-based Insights<\/h3>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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          SoD Matrix: Segregation of Duties Embedded in the Role Lifecycle <\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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          Segregation of Duties (SoD) is critical for preventing fraud and meeting compliance standards, especially in regulated industries like banking and insurance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>NEXIS delivers an interactive SoD matrix that operates across applications and systems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

          Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

          • Immediate visibility into SoD conflicts across systems and roles<\/li>
          • Fewer audit findings thanks to early conflict detection<\/li>
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            Core Elements<\/h3>
            • SoD classes as a logical framework: <\/strong>define conflicts at a business-process level (e.g. front office vs. back office)<\/li>
            • Flexible SoD rule sets: <\/strong>manage both generic and system-specific rules across multiple systems<\/li>
            • Preventive & detective controls: <\/strong>catch conflicts during role design, access requests, and periodic reviews<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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              Role Lifecycle Governance: Governance Workflows as the Backbone of Sustainable Access Control<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n

              \r\n Workflows That Make Role Governance Scalable <\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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              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 \u2013 not just at rollout, but continuously.<\/span> It combines more than 200 standard workflows with a graphical workflow editor and automated recertifications.<\/span><\/span><\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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              What NEXIS enables:\u00a0<\/h3>
              • Automated recertifications<\/strong>: triggered by time or events, with reminders and escalation paths<\/li>
              • Risk-aware workflows<\/strong>: integrate SoD checks and policy validations directly into decision flows<\/li>
              • Flexible approvals<\/strong>: involve business, risk, and compliance roles with configurable chains<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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                Alongside workflows, NEXIS complements governance by providing template-based, centrally managed IAM Governance Documentation keeping authorizations governed and documented at any point in time.<\/p>

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                Catalogs for roles, entitlements, criticality and SoD classification<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n

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                Full version control and audit-proof documentation with history<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                These Customers Rely on NEXIS<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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                \r\n Your Personal Webdemo <\/h2>\r\n \r\n

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                Let us guide you through the software in a no-obligation session and explore its full potential for your business.<\/p>\n

                Here\u2019s what to expect from your personal NEXIS web demo:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n

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