Who is allowed access rights to which data type and what actions can they perform?
It goes without saying that system and master data security access rights and policies need to be established – not to mention enforced – in order to ensure that an organization’s compliance and data quality requirements are met. As a result, it is important to determine upfront what elements or fields of master data an individual is allowed to access? What access does each individual have: read, edit or full privileges? These and other related access and update rights and restrictions need to apply to each type of master data at a granular level. For instance, an organization needs to decide if a particular sales representative should be restricted from, or given rights to, view a specific customer’s social security number or other sensitive information. 7. What controls need to be put in place for master data and what level of change needs to be recorded over what timeframe? By establishing solid control at the onset, these controls will monitor and audit the usage of the system in r
