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Independent research report · GRC 20/20 Research, LLC

Access approved. Business risk still unresolved?

See how organizations are reducing access-review effort, identifying segregation of duties conflicts, and connecting governance decisions to verified action.

In SafePaaS: From Fragmented Access Controls to Federated Governance, independent research firm GRC 20/20 examines SafePaaS through application-level analysis and customer reference interviews, including a distributor reporting approximately 60% less time spent on its segregation of duties process.

Analyst Michael Rasmussen, GRC 20/20
Research October 2026
Evidence Customer experiences
Scope Capabilities and evaluation considerations
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Report SafePaaS: From Fragmented Access Controls to Federated Governance
Format PDF · 19 pages · GRC 20/20, October 2026
Why it matters

Your identity tools show who has access. Can you prove that access is appropriate?

A user can have an approved account and still hold permissions that create a financial or operational risk. A manager can reject access during a review while that access remains active. Separate applications can each enforce their own rules while a conflict goes undetected across the business process.
For security, identity, finance, and audit leaders, these gaps create a shared problem: decisions, corrective actions, and evidence do not always connect.
As applications, integrations, and automated accounts multiply, another completed review does not necessarily mean stronger control. Before your next certification cycle or governance investment, understand what it takes to move from recording approvals to demonstrating that controls work.
Three insights

Three insights to inform your next governance decision.

01

Find meaningful access conflicts without spending more time investigating noise.

Discover why application context matters when evaluating segregation of duties. A North American distributor with more than 550 branches described how SafePaaS improved analysis of its customized Oracle E-Business Suite environment alongside Workday. The customer estimated approximately 60% less time spent on the overall process, with some activities falling from roughly 40 hours to 10. Read what made the analysis more useful and where the customer still wanted improvements.

02

Connect access reviews to removal, accountability, and audit evidence.

See how a Fortune 500 consumer company moved beyond reviews divided between spreadsheets and existing identity tooling. It reported 40–50% faster review completion, annual savings of at least $100,000, and fewer access-review audit findings. The report examines the work behind those results: stakeholder collaboration, impact analysis, access removal, and evidence that follows the decision.

03

Extend governance across existing systems and understand what successful implementation requires.

Explore how SafePaaS can connect detailed access-risk analysis with existing identity, HR, and service-management systems. Learn what to validate before committing: application coverage, remediation workflows, realistic data volumes, and operational training. A third customer’s experience explains why gaining visibility alone does not guarantee risk reduction or efficiency gains.

Independent analysis

Independent analysis from GRC 20/20.

✓GRC 20/20 is an independent research firm specializing in governance, risk management, and compliance. Its founder, Michael Rasmussen, is known as The GRC Pundit & Analyst.
✓Michael Rasmussen is an internationally recognized authority on governance, risk management, and compliance, renowned as the “Father of GRC” for first defining and modelling the GRC market in February 2002 while at Forrester.
✓This report combines analyst assessment, product research, and customer reference conversations. It examines SafePaaS’s strengths alongside practical limitations and implementation considerations, giving your team a balanced basis for evaluation.
GRC 20/20 · October 2026

Make your next access-governance decision with customer evidence.

Where could your team reduce manual effort? Which access risks need deeper analysis? What must happen after a reviewer says “remove”? Download the report to examine customer experiences and the questions to ask before your next review cycle, expansion, or investment.