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Setting up automatic expiration for access reviews
To ensure that reviewers only review current access information, you can specify an expiration period for access reviews. Failure to set an expiration could result in reviewers reviewing outdated information.

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  An access review is the process of performing an access review for an area, role, or identity to confirm that the access is still required and valid. To ensure security compliance and audit readiness you can schedule your access reviews to occur automatically.
- Setting up automatic expiration for access reviews
  To ensure that reviewers only review current access information, you can specify an expiration period for access reviews. Failure to set an expiration could result in reviewers reviewing outdated information.
- Setting up area access reviews
  To ensure security compliance and audit readiness, you can set up area access reviews to occur at scheduled intervals. You can also start an area access review manually if required.
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- Modifying access reviews
  After you have set up and scheduled your area or identity access reviews, you can modify or delete them if required.
- About access reviews report
  In Genetec ClearID™, an access reviews report is a list of access reviews. The report includes information about area, role, or identity access reviews and the current review status (not started, started, in progress, completed, or expired).
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  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.
- Completing an area access review (site owner)
  To ensure security compliance or audit readiness you can perform access reviews to check who has access to an area or role. These periodic reviews are completed by a site owner.
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  To ensure security compliance or audit readiness you can perform access reviews to check who has access to an area or role. These periodic reviews are completed by an area approver or role manager.
- Completing an identity access review (supervisor)
  To ensure security compliance or audit readiness you can perform identity access reviews to check your direct reports areas and roles access. These periodic reviews are completed by a supervisor.
- Generating an access review summary
  You can generate an access review summary for any completed access review to share with an auditor or other members of your organization.
- About access requests report
  In Genetec ClearID™, an access requests report is a list of access requests for a specific site. The report includes information about the access request date, area requested, status, requested by, requested for, and period of access.
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  As Area owners and Site owners you can check the status of access requests at the site level for areas associated with a specific site. Using the Access request report, you can ensure that the organization is security-compliant, audit ready, and that the requests are processed in a timely fashion.
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  In Genetec ClearID™, a site activity report is an audit trail of activities or events for a specific site. The report includes timestamp information, activity type, area, who activity was performed by, and a details section including reason information.
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- Viewing a site and area owners report
  You can view a site and area owners report to get a global view of all identities and their permissions.
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Glossary

Setting up automatic expiration for access reviews

2023-01-27

To ensure that reviewers only review current access information, you can specify an expiration period for access reviews. Failure to set an expiration could result in reviewers reviewing outdated information.

Before you begin

Learn about access reviews.

What you should know

Only an account administrator can configure the expiration settings for access reviews.

Best Practice: The access reviews expiration setting is enabled by default and the default expiration period is set at 30 days.

The expiration duration set for access reviews applies to all access reviews in the system.
The new expiration setting is only applied to access reviews created after the setting is enabled or modified.
When the access reviews expire, their status is set to Expired.
- Access reviews displayed in My tasks are then changed to Completed with the status Expired.

Procedure

From the homepage, click Organization > Access reviews .
Click . then click Configure.
In the Settings dialog, select or enter the expiration duration that you require for your organization.

Tip: Pick an expiration interval that matches the access reviews requirement for your organization. Also bear in mind any audit or legal requirements that might be applicable.
(Optional) If your organization does not want to enforce expiration for access reviews, clear the Enforce an expiration for access reviews checkbox.
Click Save to confirm your changes.

After you finish

Set up your access reviews.