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Provisioning and deprovisioning

Provisioning and deprovisioning

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 5 Identity and Access Management

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Provisioning and deprovisioning

- [Instructor] Account administrators are responsible for managing the provisioning and deprovisioning of user accounts. This involves two core activities. When a new user joins the organization, administrators ensure that they go through the appropriate onboarding process and then provision a user account for that person. This involves creating authentication credentials and granting the user appropriate authorizations based upon their job function. Then when a user leaves the organization, administrators ensure that they go through an offboarding process that includes deprovisioning the account to remove their credentials and authorizations at the appropriate time. Now, when a user leaves an organization, it's essential that administrators act quickly to remove their access from computer systems. This prevents the user from accessing sensitive information or resources after their departure. And it's…

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