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Workday

Connect Workday to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

Connect Workday to collect hris evidence with automated compliance tests, switched on per workspace.

CategoryHRIS
Connect withAPI token
What a connection producesAutomated compliance tests
Workday's guidedeveloper.workday.com

Connect with an API token

  1. In Workday, create the credential for Password with Integration System User, Get_Workers (custom report, web service enabled). Workday's guide: developer.workday.com.

  2. On Compliance › Connectors, open Workday, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:

    FieldWhat to enter
    Report URLRequired. A web-service-enabled custom report shared with this user, with the columns Employee_ID, Work_Email, Hire_Date, Manager_Employee_ID, Worker_Type, Active, Termination_Date.
    UsernameOptional.
    PasswordOptional. Stored encrypted and never shown again.

    Or, instead: Client ID, Client secret, Refresh token.

  3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

Safeguard's automated tests read Workday and map to the controls below. When a test passes, the result is evidence toward each control it maps to, in every framework listed. It is evidence toward a control, not proof that the control is met on its own.

FrameworkEvidenceControlsTests
SOC2Automated testsCC1.3, CC2.1, CC6.21
ISO/IEC 27001Automated testsA.5.161
HIPAA Security RuleAutomated tests164.308(a)(3)1
NIST CSF 2.0Automated testsGV.RR-04, PR.AA-011

These tests are switched on per workspace by the Safeguard team.

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