The Method · Area 3 of 7
Your access
What "AI-ready" looks like in this area
- Every AI tool has its own identity, with permissions scoped to its job — not a shared "admin" account.
- You can answer "who did this action" for any change, AI or human.
- Pulling an AI tool's access does not require a re-architecture.
What we typically find on Day 1
- Shared admin accounts used by multiple people — or by automation.
- Service accounts with broader permissions than any individual person on the team.
- Identity proliferation: one person with five different logins, each holding different pieces of access.
What changes during a Business Transformation
- AI tools get their own service identities, with permissions scoped to the job.
- Audit logs become consistent: every change has a named actor.
- Identity providers get consolidated where consolidation is load-bearing — multi-factor, just-in-time access, the standard discipline.
What stays the same
- We do not replace your identity provider unless it is a blocker.
- Existing role definitions are preserved as starting points; we add AI roles alongside, not in place of.
- Access decisions stay with your security team. We surface what is needed; your team approves.
How this area connects to the rest
This is one of the seven areas an Enterprise Readiness review examines. The reference architecture that shows how all seven fit together is the agentic stack. The discipline that makes every engagement run the same loop is the repeatable process.
Want to talk about this area in your business?
The intro call is a 30-minute conversation. If "your access" is where you suspect the work is stuck, this is the place to start.
