Governance & Compliance - Replace spreadsheet reviews with automated governance
Ask a manager to review 200 rows of access data in a spreadsheet and they will approve all 200 because the spreadsheet gives them no way to evaluate any of it. That is how most companies run governance. Access review automation: $15,000 to $25,000. Full entitlement governance build: $25,000 to $35,000.
Access governance is where audit pressure lands hardest, and it is where most companies are farthest behind. Reviews run in spreadsheets, revocations are tracked manually, and assembling evidence takes weeks. The tools to automate all of this exist — the problem is usually that nobody knows where to start. We build governance systems that route reviews to the right people, escalate non-responses, execute revocations through the IDP, and produce clean audit evidence on demand.
Your access reviews run in spreadsheets, managers approve every row because the spreadsheet gives them no way to evaluate whether access is actually appropriate, and revocations are tracked manually. When the auditor asks for evidence, someone spends two weeks assembling it. Former contractors still have access to production systems because the offboarding checklist does not cover everything. Service accounts with admin privileges sit unreviewed because they do not have a manager to route to.
The cost of waiting
Spreadsheet governance creates a false sense of compliance. The reviews technically happened, but nothing was actually evaluated. Meanwhile, access sprawl compounds quarter over quarter — every review cycle that rubber-stamps 200 rows is 200 access decisions that were never really made. When the auditor digs into a specific entitlement and asks why it was approved, nobody can answer.
The work
Entitlement Governance Build
Your entitlement model: what roles exist, what access each role grants, how access is requested and approved, and how it is reviewed. This is the structure that makes access reviews possible and audit responses fast. Includes role and entitlement cataloging, role-to-application mapping, access request and approval workflows, entitlement owner assignment, and segregation of duties policy implementation where applicable.
Access Review Automation
The system that runs your periodic access reviews. It pulls current entitlements, routes reviews to managers via Slack, escalates non-responses after a defined window, and executes approved revocations automatically. Review completion tracking, escalation chains, and audit-ready evidence export are included by default.
Compliance Automation
The identity controls your compliance framework requires, wired into evidence collection: access reviews, provisioning audit trails, MFA enforcement, and privileged access controls, all connected to your evidence pipeline. Supported frameworks: SOC 2, SOX, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, IL4/IL5.
Deliverables
- Role and entitlement catalog
- Role-to-application mapping
- Access request and approval workflows
- Entitlement owner assignment
- Segregation of duties policy implementation (where applicable)
- Documentation for auditors
- Access review campaign configuration
- Review routing logic (by manager, application owner, or both)
- Automated revocation on review failure
- Review completion tracking and escalation
- Audit-ready reporting and evidence export
- Control implementation mapped to framework requirements
- Evidence collection automation
- Identity control monitoring dashboards
- Audit response documentation
- Gap remediation for identity-specific controls
Typical engagement
- Shape
- Fixed scope (scope varies by which services are included)
- Duration
- 4–8 weeks
- Price
- Entitlement governance build: $25K to $35K. Access review automation: $15K to $25K. Compliance automation: $15K to $25K. Bundles priced at scoping.
What shipped
Replaced spreadsheet-based entitlement tracking at a mid-size technology company with an automated governance system. Built 90+ automated validations covering access policies, entitlement assignments, and compliance controls. We trained two admins over a week-long handoff. They have not called us since.
Common questions
How much does access review automation cost?
Access review automation $15,000 to $25,000. Entitlement governance build $25,000 to $35,000. Compliance automation $15,000 to $25,000. Bundles priced at scoping.
What compliance frameworks do you support?
SOC 2, SOX, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, IL4, IL5. Identity controls mapped to framework requirements with evidence pipeline.
How do automated access reviews work?
System pulls current entitlements on schedule, routes reviews to managers via Slack, escalates non-responses, executes approved revocations through the IDP. Evidence exports at cycle close.