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EY Extended Workforce Services
Organizations face growing risks from contractors, vendors and contingent workers in their environment. EY Extended Workforce from the EY-Saviynt Alliance helps to mitigate risk while enhancing the user experience. We’ll help streamline onboarding, automate identity verification and provide real-time visibility and compliance assurance – delivering results in 30 days.
What EY can do for you
To maintain competitive agility, streamline business operations and engage with skill sets their enterprise workforce lacks, organizations are increasingly relying on complex, extended networks of vendors that provide personnel. In fact, 26% of organizations engage with over 250 vendors, a number that doubled from 2023 to 2024.1 This increase in extended-workforce utilization is bringing an amplified focus on managing the risks and operational challenges associated with a dynamic population of external users.
EY Extended Workforce Services, powered by the EY-Saviynt alliance, help companies scale flexibly, outsourcing cost centers and filling gaps in various subject matters. We help companies react swiftly to extreme weather, unpredictable supply and demand, as well as exposure to new device or system vulnerabilities. From an operational standpoint, the extended workforce is critical to the management, operations and transformation of organizations, and one that does not require the overhead associated with traditional employment.
From a logistics and security standpoint, the extended workforce traditionally represents a potential risk area for breaches or incidents. This risk is due to the decentralized control and manual interventions that create governance and security blind spots within an organization. According to a recent study, 51% of organizations have experienced a vendor-caused breach.2
The challenges presented by the external workforce are highlighted in three themes:
There is a better approach to enabling and managing the extended workforce. This approach transforms the way organizations handle the lifecycle of their extended workforce, from onboarding and contract binding to risk monitoring and termination, where there is a flexible, unified governance hub that streamlines automation and control enforcement. EY teams help companies address these issues by providing an orchestrated service that simplifies external workforce onboarding and management, facilitating secure and efficient operations. By working with Saviynt and other vendors, EY teams provide a cloud-based platform that integrates with existing identity and access management (IAM) systems to extend governance and security controls beyond full-time employees.
How companies benefit
Organizations often struggle with inefficiencies and risks when managing the identities of their external workforce. Many rely on outdated methods that lack the visibility and automation needed to keep pace with today’s demands. EY Extended Workforce Services helps businesses replace these challenges with streamlined, automated identity lifecycle management. This helps companies:
- Prevent unauthorized access: Only verified individuals gain access to critical systems, reducing the risk of security breaches.
- Simplify operations: Automation reduces delays and manual workload, making onboarding faster and more efficient.
- Strengthen compliance: Maintain up-to-date certifications, support access audits and meet regulatory demands while reducing the likelihood of penalties.
Enhanced visibility and decision-making
Real-time insights are critical for managing access across a growing external workforce. EY Extended Workforce gives companies the ability to monitor and respond to risks, such as expired credentials or unauthorized access, before they impact operations. Centralized dashboards provide detailed identity profiles, linking contractor identities to specific roles and permissions, allowing for risk-aware decision-making. Enhanced reporting and analytics from Saviynt’s platform, integrated by EY teams, help organizations to make informed and risk-aware decisions efficiently.
Accelerating operational efficiency
By streamlining onboarding and automating identity lifecycle processes, companies can help contractors and vendors get to work faster without compromising security or compliance. It takes 238 days on average to identify and contain data breaches across multiple environments — automation can significantly reduce this timeline.3 Automation reduces administrative overhead, allowing internal teams to focus on higher-value initiatives that drive growth.
EY Extended Workforce offers a scalable solution that helps businesses protect sensitive systems, reduce operational risks and improve productivity while navigating the complexities of managing third-party workers.