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Modifying access reviews
To keep access reviews accurate when review requirements change, authorized users can modify or delete area, role, and identity access reviews in Genetec ClearID™.

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- About sites
  In Genetec ClearID™, a site is a logical entity. Sites include one or more areas. Each site and area can have a different owner.
- Creating sites
  To establish the physical locations required to configure areas and manage visitor settings, Account administrators can create a site in Genetec ClearID™.
- Modifying sites
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- Deleting sites
  To permanently remove a location and its associated access parameters from the system, an Account administrator can delete a site in Genetec ClearID™.
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- About access reviews
  Access reviews are evaluations of area, role, or identity access that help confirm whether access is still required and valid. To support compliance and audit readiness, you can schedule access reviews, complete them manually, and track review history in Genetec ClearID™.
- Setting up automatic expiration for access reviews
  To ensure that reviewers and verifiers only review current access information, Account administrators can specify an expiration period for access reviews. If no expiration is set, reviewers may evaluate outdated data.
- Scheduling area access reviews
  To ensure security compliance and audit readiness, Site owners can set up area access reviews to occur at scheduled intervals. You can also start an area access review manually if required.
- Scheduling identity access reviews
  To ensure security compliance and audit readiness, you can set up identity access reviews to occur at scheduled intervals. These identity access reviews are performed based on a list of selected roles.
- Scheduling role access reviews
  To ensure security compliance and audit readiness, Role owners can set up role access reviews to occur at scheduled intervals. You can also start a role access review manually if required.
- Modifying access reviews
  To keep access reviews accurate when review requirements change, authorized users can modify or delete area, role, and identity access reviews in Genetec ClearID™.
- 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).
- Checking the status of access reviews
  To keep reviews on time and support compliance and audit readiness, Site owners, Supervisors, and Role owners can check the status of access reviews in Genetec ClearID™.
- Completing an area access review (site owner)
  To support compliance and audit readiness, Site owners can complete area access reviews in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that users still require access to an area.
- Completing an area access review (area manager)
  To support compliance and audit readiness, Area managers can complete area access reviews in Genetec ClearID™ by approving required access and revoking access that is no longer needed.
- Completing a role access review (role owner)
  To support compliance and audit readiness, Role owners can complete role access reviews in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that role access, provisioning policies, and role members are still valid.
- Completing a role access review (role manager)
  To support compliance and audit readiness, Role managers can complete role access reviews in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that role access, provisioning policies, and role members are still valid.
- Completing an identity access review (supervisor)
  To support compliance and audit readiness, Supervisors can complete identity access reviews in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that their direct reports still require area and role access.
- Verifying an area access review
  To support compliance and audit readiness, verifiers can complete a second-level check in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that area access is still valid.
- Verifying a role access review
  To support compliance and audit readiness, verifiers can complete a second-level check in Genetec ClearID™ to confirm that role access, provisioning policies, and role members are still valid.
- Printing or saving an access review summary
  To share completed access review information with auditors or other stakeholders, you can print or save an access review summary in Genetec ClearID™.
- 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.
- Checking the status of access requests
  To support compliance, audit readiness, and timely processing, Area owners and Site owners can check the status of access requests for areas associated with a site.
- About site activity report
  In Genetec ClearID™, a site activity report is an audit trail of activities or events for a specific site. Each entry includes a timestamp, the type of activity performed, the user who initiated the action, and additional details such as the reason for the change.
- Viewing a site activity report
  To review an audit trail of site activity, Site owners can view a site activity report in Genetec ClearID™ for a specific site.
- About site and area owners report
  In Genetec ClearID™, a site and area owners report is a list that provides a global view of the following identities and their permissions: site owner, area manager, area owner, and watchlist manager. The report includes site, area, identity, identity permission, delegated from, identity status, and web portal access information.
- Viewing a site and area owners report
  To audit site and area ownership, Account administrators and Site owners can view the site and area owners report in Genetec ClearID™ to review identities with ownership permissions.
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Glossary

Modifying access reviews

2026-05-05

To keep access reviews accurate when review requirements change, authorized users can modify or delete area, role, and identity access reviews in Genetec ClearID™.

What you should know

Only a Site owner can modify area access reviews.
Only an Account administrator can modify identity access reviews.
Only a Role owner can modify role access reviews.
All modifications are recorded in the History section of each access review.

Procedure

Click Organization > Access reviews .
Click the tab that corresponds with the type of access review you want to modify:
- Area
- Role
- Identity
Click the review you want to update, make your changes, and click Save.
(Optional) Click to delete an access review, and click Delete to confirm.