Acquisitions create more than an integration problem

When companies acquire another business, attention naturally goes to integration.

Systems.
Processes.
Data.
Reporting.

But access is changing too.

Two organizations come together.

That can mean:

• Duplicate users
• Overlapping roles
• Different access standards
• Temporary project permissions
• Conflicting responsibilities
• New SoD combinations

The technical integration may be planned carefully.

The access model often evolves much more organically.

And that creates a simple question:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲?

Not because anyone intentionally created a risky situation.

But because two previously separate access structures are now interacting.

This is why acquisitions are a good moment for a focused access review.

You don’t necessarily need to redesign everything.

But you do need visibility into what changed.