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Entity Certification

You can review and certify links between user, role, resource, and account entities in a configuration. You can perform the following entity certifications:

• User Certifications—certify the roles and resources linked to each user. These links define the privileges assigned to each user. Typically, managers review the privileges of their workers.

  Use this type of certification to document compliance with data security measures.

• Role Certifications—certify the resources, parent or child roles, and users linked to each role. In CA GovernanceMinder roles are defined as common sets of links. Typically, the owner of each role reviews the links that define their role, and the users who were assigned to the role.

  Use this type of certification to maintain the role hierarchy.

• Resource Certifications—certify the users and roles that link to each resource. Typically, the administrator of each resource reviews the roles and users that have access to the resource.

  Use this type of certification to monitor access to resources.

• Account Certifications—certify users linked to each account. Typically, a compliance officer reviews users assigned to accounts. You can also use account certification to certify privileged user accounts from CA ControlMinder (PUPM).
• Self-attestation Certifications—a user certification in which each user under review certifies their own privileges.