Validating compliance of roles with access permissions

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying roles of an identity and access management (IAM) together with their corresponding compliance status of the assigned security policies with respect to a set of security rules. The method includes selecting a first role and a second role administered by an entity of the IAM system. Afterwards, the method includes determining, based on a set of security rules, a first compliance status of the first role associated with a first set of security policies; and a second compliance status of the second role associated with a second set of security policies. In addition, the method includes displaying on a GUI, the first role and the second role together with a first compliance status and a second compliance status.