ODOE Security Operations And Exception Review

Security Operations And Exception Review

Governed view of security exceptions, privileged access reviews, policy deviations, and the approvals or deadlines that need active follow-through.

Security Governance

Keep security exceptions visible enough that they do not turn into normal operating drift.

This page is not a full SOC. It is the governance layer for the kinds of security-sensitive issues an agency IT platform needs to track carefully: privileged access, MFA or policy exceptions, vendor diagnostic access, external-sharing requests, and review deadlines that should not disappear into email.

Audience: IT manager, security approver, service owners Use: weekly security review + exception aging Connected to: Approvals + Audit + Admin
open exceptions
9

Security-sensitive items under governance review

urgent
2

Items needing review or closure inside 7 days

privileged access
14

Admin or elevated grants in current review cycle

policy review
30 days

Standard exception review cadence

Security Exception Register

Exceptions should be explicit, time-bounded, justified, and reviewable.

Review in progress
Exception Reason Review Date Owner / Required Action
Temporary admin for reporting service account Needed for data refresh troubleshooting during source migration May 06 Reporting owner / remove or renew with evidence
MFA exception for one field device workflow Legacy operational process not yet moved to compliant pattern May 11 Service owner / provide remediation timeline
Vendor diagnostic access to remote access platform Needed for active incident evidence and remediation support May 02 Infrastructure lead / close immediately after bridge ends
External Teams sharing approval exception Short-term collaboration need with named business sponsor May 15 Collaboration owner / confirm expiration and access list

Privileged Access Review

Elevated access should be reviewed like live operational risk, not passive paperwork.

Infrastructure Admin

7 active grants across remote access, endpoint, and server tools.

2 due this weekOwner: Carlos

Web / Publish Admin

3 active grants for scheduled publishing and emergency rollback coverage.

All time-boundedOwner: Elena

Data / Reporting Elevated Access

2 temporary admin cases tied to migration and troubleshooting work.

1 exception-linkedOwner: Jamie

Vendor Diagnostic Access

2 external elevated grants connected to contract-backed support cases.

Urgent reviewOwner: Nina

Current Review Timeline

Security governance works best when due dates are hard to ignore.

Tomorrow

Close or renew vendor diagnostic access created for remote access incident support.

This week

Review all infrastructure admin grants tied to patch-window operations.

Next week

Security owner reviews legacy MFA exception remediation plan with service owner.

A good exception-review process does not slow the organization down. It makes temporary risk explicit, reviewable, and easier to close back down.