American Bankers Association
 | About the Client |
 | Industry Banking Trade Association |  | Employees 330+ |
Founded in 1875 and based in Washington, D.C., the American Bankers Association (ABA) is the largest financial trade organization in the United States. Representing banks of all sizes—including community banks, regional and major banks, savings associations, and trust companies—ABA provides training, certifications, advocacy, research, and community support across the U.S. financial sector. It is also the publisher of the ABA Banking Journal.
  | The Challenge |
ABA needed to assess and document security access across approximately 50 Workday security groups with clarity and precision. Recognizing that true security maturity requires moving beyond raw data, ABA partnered with Kognitiv to transform complex domain and business process permissions into clear, actionable insights, ensuring total transparency over sensitive compensation, payroll, and PII access.
Pain Points Identified:
- Difficulty understanding and comparing access levels across security groups in a meaningful, user-friendly format.
- Time-consuming and error-prone manual analysis of ever changing Workday security policies and permissions.
- Limited visibility into sensitive access areas, including payroll, compensation, and personal identifiable information (PII).
- Need for repeatable documentation that could be used in audits and shared with stakeholders.
“The Security Panel is an easily accessible, easily understandable tool which grants us the ability to view and maintain Workday’s complex security model. Without the tool, we would need to create multiple custom one-off reports or combine and compare complex sets of data to provide the same level of detail which the Security Panel provides in a single tool.”
– HRIS Director for ABA
  | The Solution |
To meet ABA’s needs, Kognitiv deployed its Security Panel – a proprietary and powerful Workday-native solution offering a visual and categorized summary of security group access. The tool was deployed in 2 days and now enables ABA to make informed decisions, document access levels clearly, and proactively manage potential security risks on an ongoing basis.
Access
Transparency
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Drill-Down
Insights
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Live Workday
Integration
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Security Governance
Enablement
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 | The Impact |
Streamlined Security
Audits
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Improved
Governance
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Risk
Reduction
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Operational
Efficiency
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Key Takeways
Kognitiv’s Security Panel bridges the gap between complex Workday security configurations and real- world access implications, making it easier to manage, report on, and govern access.
By leveraging live Workday data and translating it into actionable insights, ABA gains a critical edge in maintaining compliance and securing sensitive employee information.
