Plan your evaluation
Write down the workflow, systems, operating owner, and evidence needed to make your decision. Use the same scope for every supplier, and ask which parts of the demonstration are included in the proposed package.
Authentication and recovery
Define authentication requirements by user and application type. Include enrollment, lost-device recovery, and emergency access in a safe evaluation.
Access lifecycle
Walk through a joiner, role change, and departure. Check how permissions are requested, approved, provisioned, reviewed, and removed across connected systems.
Privileged and service access
Separate normal user access from administrative and machine identities. Establish how secrets, sessions, elevated permissions, and emergency exceptions are controlled.
Questions to ask
- Which applications and identity types are in scope?
- How is stale access detected and removed after a role change?
- Who approves recovery and emergency privileged access?
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