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BUSINESS VALUE
Weakest Link in SOX Compliance
With 44% of audit and finance leaders citing IT access controls as their biggest challenge, relying on manual oversight is too risky. Even one gap can cascade into audit failures, restatements, and reputational damage. It doesn’t have to be this way.
40% of organizations
fail at least one SOX control annually
Use Cases
Strengthen Your SOX IT General Controls
ITGC failures are among the most common drivers of SOX audit issues, from weak access reviews to undocumented system changes. Pathlock enforces compliant provisioning, monitors privileged activity, automates certifications, and captures full audit trails—so your core IT controls remain reliable and ready for scrutiny at any time.
Control SoD and Sensitive Access Risks
Manual reviews make it difficult to reliably detect Segregation of Duties conflicts and sensitive access risks before they impact SOX audits. Pathlock automates access risk analysis to keep controls effective year-round.
- Continuously identify and remediate SoD conflicts across all applications
- Flag and monitor sensitive access to protect high-risk transactions and data
- Document ruleset changes and approvals to deliver complete SOX-ready evidence
Streamline User Access Reviews and Certifications
User access reviews are a critical SOX ITGC, but traditional methods are slow and inconsistent. Pathlock automates certifications and produces complete, audit-ready evidence to keep reviews accurate and on time.
- Automate periodic user access reviews across all applications
- Ensure timely revocation of unnecessary or high-risk access
- Provide auditors with complete evidence of approvals and removals
Control Elevated Access with Confidence
Privileged and emergency access can introduce significant SOX risks if not properly managed. Pathlock automates elevated access provisioning, monitoring, and evidence collection to ensure activities remain compliant and auditable.
- Grant privileged or firefighter access only through approved workflows
- Monitor and log all elevated activity with complete audit trails
- Revoke temporary access automatically to reduce risk exposure
Get Expert Guidance on SOX Compliance
Simplify the process of meeting SOX requirements with help from Pathlock’s experts. Our team will walk you through best practices and proven approaches—free of charge and without a sales pitch.
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“Pathlock streamlined our SOX audits by helping us identify true SoD violations, so we can focus on mitigating actual risks, not just potential ones.”
— Suzan Zortea
Global Governance Lead at Jabil
Pathlock Identity Governance Platform
Streamline Audit Preparations
Streamline Audit Preparations
and Continuous Compliance
Application Access Governance
Pathlock simplifies SOX 302 and 404 compliance by automating identity governance tasks across all critical systems. With continuous SoD analysis, compliant provisioning, regular access certifications, and elevated access management, Pathlock ensures access controls remain effective and fully documented. Auditors get the evidence they need instantly, without manual effort.
- Fine-grained SoD conflict detection and remediation across all in-scope applications
- Automated compliant provisioning and periodic user access certifications with full audit trails
- Centralized control over privileged and emergency access, with complete monitoring and logs
Continuous Controls Monitoring
Pathlock automates control testing by continuously monitoring system access and financial transactions to identify deficiencies. It delivers real-time alerts for violations, unauthorized changes, and policy breaches across ERP systems such as Workday, Oracle, and SAP.
- Automated testing of controls with continuous monitoring of system access and financial transactions
- Real-time detection of violations, unauthorized changes, and policy breaches
- Compliance-ready reports that reduce manual documentation and speed up audits
Cybersecurity Application Controls
Strong security is fundamental for SOX compliance, especially in SAP environments where unauthorized changes or excessive entitlements can directly impact financial reporting. Pathlock enforces real-time access controls to prevent violations, reduce risk, and deliver the evidence auditors expect.
- Ongoing monitoring of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across SAP
- Automated detection of abnormal activity with rapid, risk-based response to prevent audit findings
- Centralized dashboards and audit-ready reporting
Dynamic Access Controls
Pathlock enforces least-privilege access by applying attribute-based policies that mask, restrict, or block sensitive data in real time. This ensures protected information in SAP systems remains secure while maintaining a clear evidentiary trail for SOX audits.
- Real-time data masking, export blocking, and scrambling to protect sensitive information
- Attribute-based rules that scale without adding role complexity or manual effort
- Centralized logs and dashboards that provide clear evidence for SOX compliance
DEMO CENTER
See Pathlock in Action
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Analyze Access Risks and SoD Violations
Discover how Pathlock identifies real access risks across applications and helps you prioritize remediation with fine-grained SoD analysis.
Automate Compliant User Provisioning
See how Pathlock streamlines onboarding and access approvals with built-in policy checks, usage insights, and audit-ready workflows.
Accelerate User Access Certifications
Explore how Pathlock automates user access reviews, flags risky entitlements, and provides actionable data to enforce least privilege.
Control Privileged Access with Confidence
Learn how Pathlock manages time-bound elevated access, logs privileged activity, and prevents standing privileges across your systems.
Identify and Resolve Control Exceptions
Discover how Pathlock centralizes business and manual process controls into one automated system to improve efficiency and risk visibility.
Dynamically Control and Secure Access to SAP Data
Mask, scramble, and prevent unauthorized access to data to reduce the risk of breaches in your SAP.