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Simplify Contractor Identity and Access Management

Secure, Just-in-Time Access for Contractors Without Disruption

The Challenge: Managing Temporary and Contractor Access

Managing access for contractors and temporary workers introduces operational complexity, especially when balancing security and compliance requirements. These workers are often managed outside of standard HR systems, or some hybrid combination of source-of-truth systems, leading to inconsistent access control. Failure to ensure access exists only as long as required can lead to potential SLA breaches or, worse, security incidents.

  • Disjointed Onboarding Processes  — Onboarding contractors or temporary employees is often done through a separate workflow than normal full-time employees, leading to potential onboarding delays and lack of centralized visibility for all resource access privileges. 
  • Access Provisioning and Governance — If identity attributes are not consistently logged or accessible, granting appropriate permissions to the right systems or tools can be difficult. Misconfigured permissions can lead to delays and present security risks. 
  • Security Controls — Contractors should have additional security controls placed on access such as ensuring they are using the corporate VPN or can only access resources during specific times and days. Failure to do so can increase the risk of inappropriate or insecure access. 
  • Timely Offboarding and Access Termination — Permissions that aren’t terminated upon the conclusion of a contract or offboarding of an individual can present a huge security risk. Alternatively, permissions that are terminated too quickly can lead to significant operational disruptions and delays in project completion. Complete and timely offboarding becomes more complicated the more systems a contractor or temporary employees needs access to. 

BritiveSolution

Flexible and Secure Access Management

Britive's dynamic, cloud-native platform ensures that contractors have access to the tools they need without operational delay or security risks. By providing granular permissioning and access management, contractor access is granted and revoked seamlessly.

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Unified Identity Attribute Management

Extend your existing identity attribute schema to contractors for access management consistent with existing policies. Enforce policies such as VPN usage, working hours, and more.

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Provision and Govern Access

Grant access to systems and accounts based on identity attributes and the needs listed in service-level agreements (SLAs). Access profiles and policies enforce least-privileged access based on these attributes.

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Avoid Operational Disruptions

Britive ensures that contractors can’t access privileged systems outside contract duration. Accounts and permissions can easily be reconfigured again in the event of contract extension or role changes with minimal operational impact.

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Centralized Access Revocation

Controlling all resource access through Britive ensures all access can be removed simultaneously during early or emergency offboarding of contractors or temporary employees. This reduces security risks and non-compliance with internal offboarding policies that can result from individually removing access from each system.