How does Workday Security differ from PeopleSoft Security?

Workday Security

  • Role-Based Access (RBAC).
  • Security access is tied to job positions (job roles), not the person in the job.
    • This means that as people are hired into the university, the Workday permissions are automatically available for the individual in the role.
    • Likewise, when someone leaves a position, even if they just transfer within the university, they automatically lose the access they previously had with their old job and automatically gain the access associated with their new job.
  • Security Access Requests are only needed for special circumstances.

PeopleSoft Security

  • Security roles have ambiguous names that don't indicate what they provide access to.
  • Everyone has their own special permissions instead of manageable groups.
  • Permissions are cumbersome to request.
  • Security Access Requests take a long time to complete.
  • Nothing is automatic.

For more information, please visit the Security page.