Aveksa Inc. has launched the third generation of its EnterpriseAccess Governance Platform for entitlement- and roles-management.“Aveksa 3.5 provides companies with an automated, policy-basedapproach for governing user access in order to mitigateaccess-related business risks,” says Brian Cleary, vice presidentof marketing. The latest version enhances the role-lifecyclecapabilities used to define, maintain and modify corporate rolesover time. Cleary says it also provides improvements in access datacollection and unification, access review and certification,monitoring capabilities and data mapping. Access management took onincreased importance after Sarbanes-Oxley mandated segregation ofduties, and it took on new meaning following the Societe Generalerogue trading debacle. “Access governance failures have createdreal problems–lost revenue, reputational damage and increasedoperating expenses,” says Cleary. Many companies are still manuallyusing spreadsheets, Cleary says. “That's labor intensive and notvery cost effective,” he says.