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Checked your RAM authorisations lately?

Learn about the 3 regular checks you can do so your RAM authorisations and transactions are up to date.

Published 15 July 2024

Relationship Authorisation ManagerExternal Link (RAM) enables you and people in your business to transact with government online services on your business’s behalf. There are different types of authorisations. It’s important you keep all of them up to date. We strongly recommend every business completes these 3 regular checks.

  1. Ensure the right people are authorised

As soon as an authorised person’s access is no longer valid, for example if they change roles in your business, or leave, you need to update or remove their authorisations. A principal authority or authorisation administrator can do this or, depending on the authorisation type, the person may be able to remove their own authorisation.

  1. Ensure each person with authorisation has the right level of access

You need to regularly check that each authorised person has the right level of access. For example, if someone increases their myGovID identity strength, their current authorisation can be updated to allow access to more services. To do this, they need to contact a principal authority or authorisation administrator.

  1. Check that the right actions are being taken for your business

If you’re a principal authority or authorisation administrator, you should regularly check the authorisation and machine credentialExternal Link activities for your business using the History functionExternal Link.

You can read managing authorisationsExternal Link to find out more.

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