User Access Management: Process, Controls, and Benefits Explained
Access sprawl is quiet. For example, a contractor's admin rights outlive the project by eight months, or an account sits open for weeks after someone switches teams. And in most cases, nobody catches access sprawl until an audit or a breach forces the question. User access management (UAM) is the discipline that catches this. It decides who gets access to what, why they get it, how that access is approved, how it changes over time, and when it gets pulled.