Assess Your Access Review Readiness
1. Application Inventory
How complete is your application inventory?
Consider SaaS, cloud, on-premises and business-critical applications.
Nearly complete and continuously maintained
Mostly complete
Reasonably complete but has gaps
Significant gaps exist
No reliable inventory
Can you determine which applications require access reviews?
Automatically based on defined policies
Mostly through established processes
Determined manually for many applications
Difficult to determine consistently
Unknown
2. Application Ownership
How many applications have an identified accountable owner?
More than 95%
80–95%
60–80%
30–60%
Less than 30%
How clearly are reviewers assigned to application access?
Clearly defined and automated
Clearly defined for most applications
Defined inconsistently
Mostly manual
No reliable assignment process
3. Identity & Workforce Data
How reliable is your workforce identity data?
Highly reliable and authoritative
Reliable with minor gaps
Generally reliable
Significant data quality issues
No dependable source
Can application accounts be reliably mapped to individual identities?
Nearly all accounts are mapped
Most accounts are mapped
Mapping varies by application
Many accounts cannot be mapped
Account identity mapping is largely unknown
4. Access & Entitlement Visibility
How completely can you see what access each user has?
Complete entitlement-level visibility
Strong visibility for most applications
Basic account-level visibility
Significant visibility gaps
Little or no centralized visibility
Can you distinguish privileged, sensitive or high-risk access?
Automatically and consistently
For most applications
For some applications
Mostly manual
Cannot reliably identify it
5. Review Process
How standardized is your access review process?
Standardized across the organization
Standardized for most applications
Partially standardized
Different processes by application
No consistent process
How frequently are application access reviews performed?
According to risk-based policy
At defined recurring intervals
Periodically but inconsistently
Mainly when audits require them
Rarely or never
6. Reviewer Assignment & Context
Do reviewers have enough business context to make access decisions?
Yes, with application and entitlement context
Usually
Sometimes
Rarely
No
Can the organization identify the correct business owner for each application?
Yes, automatically or centrally
Yes, for most applications
Requires manual validation
Frequently unclear
Usually unknown
7. Remediation
How effectively are review decisions converted into access changes?
Automated or tightly integrated
Mostly automated
Partially automated
Mostly manual
No dependable remediation process
Can you track outstanding access-removal actions?
Yes, continuously with clear ownership
Yes, through established tracking
Partially
Mostly manual
No reliable tracking
8. Audit Evidence
Can you demonstrate who reviewed access and what decision they made?
Yes, with complete centralized evidence
Yes, for most reviews
Evidence exists but is fragmented
Significant evidence gaps
Little or no evidence
How confident are you that completed reviews can be reconstructed for an audit?
Very confident
Confident
Moderately confident
Low confidence
Very low confidence
9. Governance & Risk
Are access reviews prioritized based on application or access risk?
Yes, using defined risk criteria
Mostly
Partially
Rarely
No risk-based prioritization
How well does leadership understand the quality of application access reviews?
Strong visibility through measurable metrics
Good visibility
Some visibility
Limited visibility
Little or no visibility
Assess Access Review Readiness
This assessment provides an indicative readiness score based
on the information provided. It is not a formal audit,
compliance certification or security assessment.
