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Glossary: Monitoring Tools and the Identity Life Cycle

Permission creep

Also written: privilege creep

The slow build-up of access as a person changes jobs and keeps the old access, like Priya's five groups from three jobs. The cure is to remove old access at every move and to hold regular access reviews.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

Access reviewLeast privilegePrivilege escalationJoiner, mover, leaver