User Access Reviews and Access Control Built for FFIEC Examinations
User Access Reviews and Access Control Built for FFIEC Examinations
Review, understand, and control access across your core banking system, Active Directory, and applications—without spreadsheets or guesswork.
- Built for Fiserv, FIS, other core banking environments
- Designed around how FFIEC exams actually evaluate access
- Covers users, service accounts, and third-party access
THE REAL PROBLEM
Controls Exist. Decisions Break Down.
Most community banks have the right controls in place:
- Access reviews are completed
- MFA is enforced
- Policies are documented
But during exams and incidents, the gaps appear:
- Reviewers don’t understand core banking entitlements
- Active Directory groups are approved without context
- Service accounts are not consistently reviewed
- Access persists after role changes or termination
This is not a control problem.
It is a decision problem.
SecurEnds is built to support the decision—not just document the control.
PURPOSE-BUILT FOR CORE BANKING
Built for Core Banking Environments
Core banking systems contain thousands of entitlement codes.In most institutions:
- Access is reviewed in spreadsheets
- Permissions are approved based on familiarity
- Risk is difficult to interpret
SecurEnds integrates directly with:
And translates complex entitlements into clear, reviewer-friendly decisions.
START WHERE EXAMINERS START (UAR)
Start Where Examiners Start: User Access Reviews
Cross-System Visibility
Aggregate access across core, AD, and applications
Reviewer-Friendly Decisions
Present user, role, and entitlements in one place
Automated Campaigns
Enable approve/revoke decisions with context
Audit-Ready Reports
Generate audit-ready evidence automatically
Access Governance Across the Full Lifecycle
SecurEnds connects every stage of access governance:
Onboarding
Birthright provisioning based on role and attributes
Access templates to standardize permissions
Access Reviews
Automated campaigns across systems
Context-driven decision making
Service Accounts
Included in review cycles
Ownership assigned and validated
Offboarding
HR-triggered deprovisioning
Removal across core, AD, and applications
Orphan Accounts
Identified through identity correlation
Flagged for review and remediation
FFIEC doesn’t evaluate controls in isolation. It evaluates whether access is governed continuously.
Service Accounts Are in Scope—Whether
You Review Them or Not
Service accounts often:
- Have persistent access
- Bypass standard controls
- Support critical integrations
But in many environments:
- They are not reviewed
- Ownership is unclear
- Access is rarely validated
SecurEnds includes service accounts in:
- User access review campaigns
- Ownership and approval workflows
- Ongoing validation processes
If service accounts are not reviewed, they are not controlled.
Active Application Directory
Active Directory Is Your Control Plane—But Not Your Visibility Layer
AD groups drive access across multiple systems.
But:
- Nested groups obscure permissions
- Reviewers cannot see actual impact
SecurEnds:
- Expands group memberships into real entitlements
- Maps access across systems
- Presents clear visibility during reviews
Close
You cannot govern what you cannot see.
From Spreadsheet Reviews to Defensible Decisions
BEFORE VS AFTER
Before SecurEnds
- Access reviews in spreadsheets
- Core permissions not understood
- AD groups reviewed blindly
- Service accounts unmanaged
- Audit prep takes weeks
With SecurEnds
- Single view across systems
- Reviewer-friendly access context
- Automated review campaigns
- Service accounts governed
- Audit-ready reporting instantly available
How SecurEnds Works
1. Connect Systems
Core banking, Active Directory, HR, and applications
2. Normalize Access
Translate entitlements into business-readable context
3. Launch Reviews
Automated campaigns across users and service accounts
4. Enforce Decisions
Approve/revoke actions trigger workflows and provisioning
5. Generate Evidence
Full audit trails for exams and reporting
Questions You Will Be Asked in Your Next FFIEC Exam
- Who has access to your core system today?
- When was it last reviewed?
- Who approved it?
- Are service accounts included in your reviews?
- How do you ensure access is removed at termination?
Close
SecurEnds is built to answer these questions directly.
Govern Access the Way FFIEC Expects It to Be Governed
Community banks don’t fail exams because they lack controls.
They fail because access decisions are fragmented across:
Core Banking Systems • Active Directory • Applications
SecurEnds brings those decisions into one place—
so access can be reviewed, understood, and defended.
