Checking the status of access reviews

2024-07-10Last updated

A site manager or owner is responsible for checking the status of access reviews to ensure that the organization is security-compliant, audit ready, and that the review processes occurs on time. A supervisor can also check the status of identity access reviews for their direct reports.

Before you begin

Set up your access reviews.

What you should know

  • Only a site owner can view the complete Access reviews report to check the status or progress of an area or role access review for their site.
  • An area approver or role manager only sees their reviews in a My access reviews version of the report.
  • A site owner who is not an area owner or approver, or a role owner or manager does not see any access reviews in Dashboard > My tasks .
  • Filters: When no types, sites, or reviewers are selected, all results are displayed in the report.

Procedure

  1. From the Dashboard, click Reports > Access reviews .
    Access reviews report in Genetec ClearID™.
    Tip: If any review shows 0 reviewers in the Reviewers column, you can click the Add reviewers hyperlink to add them immediately. This situation typically occurs when there are no owners or approvers defined.
  2. In the Access reviews report page, select the display time that you require from the following options:
    Display time in local
    Show report times using the local system time from the computer of the logged-in user.
    Display time in UTC
    Show report times using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
  3. In the Created on column, select one of the options, or click Date range and specify a date and time range to display a list of access reviews.
    Date range picker in ClearID with the date range option fields completed.
  4. (Optional) If the list is long, configure additional report column filters to narrow report results as required.
    1. In the Type column, select one or more review types as required:
      Area access review
      Displays area access reviews.
      Role access review
      Displays role access reviews.
      Identity access review
      Displays identity access reviews.
    2. In the Site column, enter a search string or select one or more sites from the list.
    3. In the Reviewers column, enter an access reviewer's name or email to show reviews that they are associated with.
    4. In the Status column, select the status options that you want to display when checking the access review.
      Note: The status of incomplete access reviews are automatically updated to the Expired state when the incomplete access review is replaced by a newer scheduled review with the same name or when the Enforce an expiration for access reviews option is active and the expiration period has been exceeded.
    5. (Optional) Click to reset filter selections.
  5. In the Review item column, click a hyperlink to check the details of the access review or to complete the review.
  6. (Optional) You can see the list of reviewers by clicking the info icon () next to reviewers.
  7. (Optional) If you selected an area access review, click hyperlinks in the Review item column to display additional information about the access review.
  8. (Optional) If you selected an access review, click Continue review to complete the access review now.

Example

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After you finish

Do one or more of the following to complete your access reviews when required: