Identity lifecycle
Joiner, mover and leaver steps driven from HR data, so access follows a person's role.
Industry context
Identity, access and privileged access in education
We put identity and access on one lifecycle, so access follows each person's role and every privileged action can be traced.
Identity and access work decides who can reach which systems and how that is proved. We connect HR and directory sources, automate joiner, mover and leaver steps, set up single sign-on and multi-factor authentication, and put privileged accounts under tighter control.
Schools and universities plan around the academic calendar, with admissions, exams and term breaks deciding when change is possible, and they answer to regulators such as KHDA in Dubai, ADEK in Abu Dhabi and the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia. Academic leaders and campus IT need to agree each change, so we time go-live between terms wherever possible. Identity work in the region often connects to UAE PASS and Nafath for user sign-in, and maps controls to the UAE Information Assurance Regulation issued by TDRA and the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia.
After stabilisation we hand over to your teams or keep running the service with you.
Alongside sector regulation, we often map delivery evidence to cross-industry baselines such as the UAE Information Assurance Regulation issued by TDRA, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which many risk reviewers already use.
How the work is organised
From design to stable operation, with the evidence academic councils, data protection officers and regulators ask for.
Access and authentication
Single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and conditional access applied according to risk.
Privileged access
Vaulted credentials, session recording and approval steps for administrator and service accounts.
Education regulators and data
We plan reporting and data handling around the requirements of your regulator, such as KHDA in Dubai, ADEK in Abu Dhabi or the UAE Ministry of Education, or the Saudi Ministry of Education, and the personal data law that applies in each market.
Access reviews
Regular reviews of who has access to what, with removals tracked to completion.
Directory clean-up
Duplicate, ownerless and dormant accounts found and resolved before automation starts.
Checks before you start
Identity work is ready to start when HR data can be trusted and the applications to connect first have owners.
- The data your regulator expects in its returns has been identified.
- HR data has been checked and is reliable enough to drive joiner and leaver events.
- The privileged accounts in scope have been listed with their owners.
Plan identity, access and privileged access in education
Tell us where you are today and which dates matter. We will propose a first phase with scope, owners and an itemised quotation.