Aveksa Inc. has launched the third generation of its Enterprise Access Governance Platform for entitlement- and roles-management. “Aveksa 3.5 provides companies with an automated, policy-based approach for governing user access in order to mitigate access-related business risks,” says Brian Cleary, vice president of marketing. The latest version enhances the role-lifecycle capabilities used to define, maintain and modify corporate roles over time. Cleary says it also provides improvements in access data collection and unification, access review and certification, monitoring capabilities and data mapping. Access management took on increased importance after Sarbanes-Oxley mandated segregation of duties, and it took on new meaning following the Societe Generale rogue trading debacle. “Access governance failures have created real problems–lost revenue, reputational damage and increased operating expenses,” says Cleary. Many companies are still manually using spreadsheets, Cleary says. “That's labor intensive and not very cost effective,” he says.