Attestation (menu description)
You can use attestation to test the balance between security and compliance within your company. Managers or others responsible for compliance can use One Identity Manager attestation functionality to certify correctness of permissions, requests, or exception approvals either scheduled or on demand. Recertification is the term generally used to describe regular certification of permissions. One Identity Manager uses the same workflows for recertification and attestation.
There are attestation policies defined in One Identity Manager for carrying out attestations. Attestation policies specify which objects are attested when, how often, and by whom.Once an attestation is performed, One Identity Manager creates attestation cases that contain all the necessary information about the attestation objects and the attestor responsible. The attestor checks the attestation objects. They verify the correctness of the data and initiate any changes that need to be made if the data conflicts with internal rules.
Attestation cases record the entire attestation sequence. Each attestation step in an attestation case can be audit-proof reconstructed. Attestations are run regularly using scheduled tasks. You can also trigger single attestations manually.
Attestation is complete when the attestation case has been granted or denied approval. You specify how to deal with granted or denied attestations on a company basis.
You can use items on the Attestation menu to perform various actions and collect information. The following tables provide you with an overview of the menu items and actions that can be run here.
My attestation status (page description)
To open the My Attestation Status page go to Attestation > My Attestation Status.
On the Attestation Status page, you can:
The attestation cases are divided into different sections on the following tabs to provide a clearer overview:
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Memberships: Shows you all attestation cases that relate to memberships in objects.
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User accounts: Shows you all attestation cases that relate to user accounts.
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Group memberships: Shows all the attestation cases that relate to memberships in groups.
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Object attestation: Shows you all attestation cases that relate to the attestation of specific objects.
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All attestation cases: Shows all the attestation cases.
The following tables give you an overview of the various features and content on the My Attestation Status page.
Table 136: Columns
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Display name |
Shows the name of the object included in the attestation case. |
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Attestation policy |
Shows the name of the attestation policy in use. |
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State |
Shows the current status of the attestation case.
The following status' are possible:
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Pending: The attestation case is not closed yet and must still be approved.
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Denied: The attestation case has been denied. In the details pane, on the Workflow tab, you can see why the attestation case was denied approval. |
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New |
Shows whether the attestation case is new. New cases have not been granted approval yet but might have been denied approval before. |
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Due date |
Shows by when the attestation case must be completed. |
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Risk index |
Show the attestation case's risk index. |
TIP: You can show less data by using the column filters. For more information, see Filtering.
NOTE: On the following tabs, you can show other useful information about each instance in the details pane. To do this, click the appropriate instance in the list.
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Information: Displays general information about the attestations case.
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Workflow: Shows the chronological lifecycle of the attestation case.
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Attestation policy: Shows further information about the attestation policy used.
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History: Shows the object's attestation history.
My actions (page description)
To open the My Actions page go to Attestation > My Actions.
On the My Actions page, you can perform various actions for attestation cases in which you are involved as an approver.
To do this, click on one of the tiles:
Table 137: Tiles
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 Pending attestations
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You select the following actions:
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 Attestation history
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You can display all approvals of attestation cases that you, or the identities that report to you, decided upon. |
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 Attestation inquiries
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Here you can perform the following actions in response to questions you have been asked about specific attestation cases:
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Pending attestations (page description)
To open the Pending Attestations page go to Attestation > My Actions > Pending Attestations.
On the Pending Attestations page, you can select object types for which pending attestation cases exist and then approve or deny them.
Use the Switch to policy view button to display all existing attestation cases grouped by the associated attestation policy and then make your approval decisions about the attestation cases (see Pending attestations – Attestation policies (page description)).
To make it easier to follow, the objects to be attested are grouped and accessible over tiles. Click one of the following tiles and then select the object to be attested:
