Saviynt Interview Questions

1) What is IAM

In the business world, the term IAM is defined as Identity and Access Management and it is used to manage user and device access to on-premises and cloud applications. The users include employees, customers, stakeholders, etc, and devices include computers, smartphones, tablets, sensors, routers, etc.

There are multiple IAM tools in the market. The major intention behind using the IAM tools is to protect the organizational information from falling in the wrong hands. Using the IAM tool we can issue one digital identity and password to the users and these identities need to be managed.

2) What is Saviynt?

Saviynt is an advanced and widely used cloud security and identity governance solution provider in the market. Saviynt offers a single platform for data protection and cloud and enterprise applications.

Saviynt sets itself apart from its peers by offering new features to minimize security threats. Saviynt comes with advanced features which include risk analytics, intelligence with fine-grained privilege management, etc.

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3) What is Saviynt’s Intelligent Access Request?

Sometimes it is very difficult for organizations to grant access to users that are fast, appropriate, and secure. That’s where the Savant’s Intelligent Access Request comes in. It comes with the advanced capabilities to help the users find the right and secured access.

Saviynt’s Intelligent Access Request enables the users with an easy way to understand risky or anomalous access requests. This advanced feature of Saviynt improves employee productivity by eliminating the waiting for access approvals.

4) What are the benefits of Saviynt’s Intelligent Access Request?

Following are the major advantages:

• Fast Access
• Request access without friction
• Easy detection of risk
• Simplified approval process design

5) What are the different API calls available in Saviynt?

Following are the various API calls available in Saviynt

• APIs for Create-Read-Update-Delete (CRUD)
• APIs for managing access requests and approval workflow
• APIs for management analytics and dashboards
• APIs for managing rules
• APIs for delegation administration
• APIs for Segregation of Duties (SoD)
• APIs for rule engineering

6) What are the applications of Saviynt?

Following are the areas where Saviynt is being used:

• Energy
• Federal Government
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Higher Education

7) What do you know about Saviynt IGA?

Saviynt Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) provides powerful security systems to protect the sensitive data of an organization. It also improves organizational efficiency by providing the right access for the right amount of time to the right users.

8) What are the typical IAM risks?

Following are the general IAM risks faced by  modern architecture organizations:

• Information Security Risk
• Privacy Risk
• Operational Risk
• Compliance Risk

9) What are the major operations performed by Saviynt?

Below mentioned are the core operations performed by Saviynt:

• Modernizing Legacy IGA
• Third-Party/Vendor Access
• Governance for Multi-Cloud
• Machine Identities
• Govern Internal Identities
• Continuous Compliance

10) Name a few applications that can be integrated with Saviynt?

• AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Epic and Cerner
• SAP and Oracle
• Workday and Salesforce
• Box and O365
• Azure AD and Okta
• ServiceNow