Ensuring that users have only the access they need—no more, no less—is critical for both security and compliance. Organizations must find a way to safeguard sensitive data, demonstrate compliance, and prevent privilege creep.
User Access Reviews (UARs) are periodic reviews of user access across applications, like NetSuite, for appropriateness. Executing periodic UARs is a key security control that adheres to the Principle of Least Privilege, helping ensure that a user’s access aligns to their current role. UARs are guided by regulatory frameworks including GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and PCI-DSS.
An access certification campaign is the structured, time-bound instance of the review process. Many organizations struggle with UARs because the access certification process can be very manual and time-consuming. Introducing automation for access certification is a smarter, faster way to meet compliance requirements and reduce risk.
When was the last time someone raised their hand and asked you to remove their access?
Even if your security controls were well-designed when implementing NetSuite, access needs evolve, and excessive access accumulates. Employees regularly change roles, take on temporary assignments, or transfer between departments, often without their old permissions removed.
Over time, this leads to “privilege creep”, where users accumulate more access than their job requires. Conducting regular User Access Reviews as part of an access certification campaign helps keep NetSuite access aligned with current job responsibilities.
The answer is manual processes, plain and simple. In organizations, the IT department is usually responsible for the administration of access certification campaigns. Here is what the manual process might look like for an IT administrator:
In addition to the time it takes to prepare data and identify reviewers, IT admins often spend a lot of time tracking progress in spreadsheets and following up with reviewers to ensure they complete their review.
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On average, customers of Fastpath, now part of Delinea, have reported reduced time spent on access certifications is 80%.
“Tracking each individual manager, what they’ve done, and whether they’ve responded correctly was completely manual. Once we implemented and got the Fastpath Access Certification product set up, we saved 100 man-hours right off the bat.”
~ John Jezek, Business Systems and Release Manager, ChemTreat
“Fastpath saved us enough time for our team to take on an additional 7 system UARs— translated to a savings of approximately 300 hours a year.”
~ Director of IT Compliance, Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings
Fastpath Access Certification integrates directly with NetSuite, along with other business applications in scope for review, and retrieves user and access information automatically. IT admins can implement automated workflows and use pre-built email templates to streamline delivery of review requests and automatically nudge reviewers, reducing time spent on reminders and follow-ups. They can also see the status of each certification in a centralized dashboard view—no more spreadsheets.
Most importantly, Fastpath, now part of Delinea, has earned the trust of audit firms for over 20 years, giving customers confidence that every User Access Review report is complete and accurate.
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