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Azure Cosmos DB

Just-in-Time Access To Cosmos DB

Utilize the seamless integration between Cosmos DB and Apono to streamline the automated administration of Cosmos DB database access. Easily configure dynamic access workflows, grant detailed permissions, and generate a comprehensive audit trail that outlines the who, why, and when of access to Cosmos DB.

Note: You can also choose to integrate RDS or Azure SQL

Cosmos DB is a globally distributed database service provided by Microsoft Azure. It is designed to handle large volumes of structured and semi-structured data across multiple geographic regions. Cosmos DB offers high availability and low latency through its multi-model approach, which supports various data models such as key-value, graph, column-family, and document-based databases. This flexibility allows developers to choose the most suitable data model for their specific application requirements. Cosmos DB also provides automatic indexing, horizontal scalability, and built-in support for multi-master replication, making it an ideal choice for modern cloud-based applications that require fast and reliable access to data.

Just-in-time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implementing strict controls on when those permissions are granted, JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Developer
requests
READ/WRITE
to
CosmosDB_Prod
from
CosmosDB
then grant access for
6 hours
with
customer
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement robust logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent costly mistakes in production and downtime.
When
DevOnDuty
requests
READ/WRITE
to
any resource
from
CosmosDB
then grant access for
3 hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
Developer
requests
READ/WRITE
to
any resource
from
CosmosDB
then grant access for
2 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

With Apono, companies satisfy customer security requirements and dramatically reduce attack surfaces and human errors that threaten commerce.

01

Incident Response Access Flows

Gain the advantage of instant and on-demand access to swiftly address and remediate any production errors that may arise. This expedited access empowers your team to promptly identify and rectify issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring the continuous, seamless operation of your production environment. By facilitating real-time access for remediation purposes, you enhance your organization’s agility and responsiveness, enabling efficient problem-solving and bolstering the overall reliability of your systems.

02

Frictionless Automation

Tailor your organizational workflows by introducing customized automation to systematically and seamlessly enhance identity processes. This strategic initiative aims to optimize the efficiency of discovering, managing, and securing user access within your system. Through the implementation of these tailored workflows, your organization can achieve a more refined and responsive approach to identity management, fostering precision and accuracy in handling user access.

03

Request & Approve via ChatOps

Leverage the power of ChatOps workflows, seamlessly integrating platforms such as Slack and Teams, to both grant and request access in a collaborative and streamlined manner. This innovative approach enhances the accessibility and efficiency of access management within your organizational framework. By incorporating ChatOps, you create an environment where access permissions can be granted or requested through intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, such as chat interfaces in Slack or Teams.

04

Managing Permissions at Scale

Scale operations the right way by creating environment-level policies that govern the creation of “carte blanche” policies.

Integrate with Apono
in 3 easy steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to Cosmos DB

Automatically discover all resources managed by Cosmos DB.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

AWS DynamoDB

Just-in-Time Access To DynamoDB

Utilize the seamless integration between DynamoDB and Apono to streamline the automated administration of DynamoDB database access. Easily configure dynamic access workflows, grant detailed permissions, and generate a comprehensive audit trail that outlines the who, why, and when of access to DynamoDB.

DynamoDB, short for Amazon DynamoDB, is a managed NoSQL database service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to provide fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. DynamoDB is a key-value and document database that is suitable for a wide range of applications, from simple web and mobile applications to complex, high-performance applications. DynamoDB is commonly used for a variety of applications, including e-commerce platforms, gaming applications, content management systems, and more, where the need for a highly scalable and low-latency database is crucial.

Just-in-Time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implement strict controls on when those permissions are granted. JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Dev_AWS
requests
READ/WRITE
to
DynamoDB
from
DynamoDB_Prod
then grant access for
4 Hours
with
AWS_Sys_Admin
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement comprehensive  logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent downtime and costly mistakes in production.
When
Developer
requests
READ/WRITE
to
any resource
from
DynamoDB_Prod
then grant access for
3 Hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
Developer
requests
READ
to
any resource
from
DynamoDB_Prod
then grant access for
6 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to DynamoDB.

Apono empowers teams to craft dynamic access flows, providing on-demand permissions with meticulous granularity and comprehensive audit capabilities.

01

Continuous Access Monitoring & Conversion to Auto-Revoked Policies

Employ advanced monitoring mechanisms to vigilantly track and manage instances of unused access and over-privileges within your organizational framework. Leverage cutting-edge “Just-in-Time” access controls, which grant permissions precisely when required, and complement this with “Just Enough” conversion suggestions that provide nuanced recommendations for optimizing access levels.

02

Automated Database Permissions Approval Workflows

Align the access approval workflow with meticulously defined organizational permission guardrails to enhance precision and efficiency, fortifying overall security posture. This methodical approach ensures a seamless and compliant framework, maintaining heightened control over critical resources.

03

Third-Party Access Flows

Preconfigure access flows for third-party entities such as customers, vendors, or partners. Effective Third-Party Access Flows contribute to enhanced security, compliance, and overall operational efficiency within an organization.

04

Single Source of Truth

Centralize and streamline the management of privileges across your entire technology stack by consolidating them within a unified platform. This approach not only enhances efficiency but also facilitates a more comprehensive and cohesive oversight of the various permissions and access levels throughout your system, contributing to a more robust and integrated security framework.

How Apono works in 3 steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to DynamoDB

Automatically discover all resources managed by DynamoDB.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

EKS

Eliminate Standing and Excess Privileges in Your EKS Environment

Enable Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough Access (JEA) for EKS resources

Docs

Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is a fully managed Kubernetes service on AWS that simplifies running containerized applications in the cloud. It automatically manages the Kubernetes control plane, handles scaling and security, and integrates with AWS services like EC2, IAM, and CloudWatch. This allows developers to focus on building and deploying applications while AWS manages the infrastructure and cluster operations.

Integration Overview:

Apono helps organizations achieve Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) by eliminating permanent access to privileged systems, cloud environments, databases, and other critical resources.

Through its integration with EKS, Apono continuously discovers all EKS resources — including clusters, namespaces, secrets, ConfigMaps, deployments, StatefulSets, ingresses, CronJobs, and Jobs — while enabling security teams to enforce granular, dynamic, and context-aware access policies tailored to specific R&D teams and use cases.
For example:

  • Admin/DevOps Access for temporary elevated privileges for break-glass scenarios or general maintenance.
  • Developer Access provides mid-tier permissions for everyday tasks, such as deploying applications and troubleshooting within their own namespace.
  • Support Engineer Access limited to specific namespaces to retrieve logs, without requiring full cluster visibility.

With just-in-time (JIT) and just-enough-access (JEA) provisioning, access is granted only when needed and automatically revoked, reducing over-privileged accounts, minimizing the attack surface, and maintaining operational agility without compromising security.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

  • Provision real-time access to EKS resources – namespaces, secrets and more.
  • Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning.
  • Minimize unauthorized access risk and reduce the blast radius of security breaches.

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Grant just-in-time, task-specific access to on-call engineers during incidents.
  • Scope and revoke access automatically based on context from OnCall and ITSM tools.
  • Ensure fast, secure incident response while enforcing least-privilege access to your EKS environment.

Risk and Compliance

  • Achieve Zero Standing Privilege by reducing over-privileged and unused permissions to EKS resources by over 96%.
  • Protect sensitive data (PII, PHI, PCI) and simplify audits with detailed reporting, anomaly detection, and full access logs.
  • Meet your customer security demands with granular access controls and full visibility into EKS resource access.
When
DevOps Engineer
request
Admin
to
EKS_Prod_ConfigMap
grant
Automatically
for
1 hours

Integrate EKS with Apono in 3 Simple Steps

Just three simple steps are all it takes to enable Just-In-Time (JIT) access with Just-Enough Permissions (JEA) to your cloud EKS environment.

01

Connect Apono to EKS

Gain instant visibility into all
EKS resources – continuously discovering
new ones as they are deployed.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

Discover why companies—from mid-sized enterprises to Fortune 500s—trust Apono for streamlined JIT and JEA access management to their EKS environment.

Book a Demo
eye-icon

Gain full access and visibility for both human and NHI

gear

Automate and centralize access to your cloud resources

links

Leverage user and resource context from over 100 integrations

Book a Demo

Elasticsearch

Eliminate standing and excessive privileges in Elasticsearch

Apply Just-in-Time and Just Enough Access to secure your Elasticsearch resources

Docs

Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine used to quickly store, search, and analyze large volumes of data.

Integration Overview

Apono helps organizations achieve Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) by eliminating permanent privileged access to systems, cloud environments, databases, developer tools, and other critical resources.

With Apono, your Elasticsearch resources such as Roles, index and clusters are continuously discovered, enabling security teams to enforce granular, dynamic, time-bound, and context-aware access policies to your Elasticsearch data sources.

Through Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-Access (JEA) provisioning, access to Elasticsearch resources is provisioned only to authorized users when needed, and automatically revoked, thereby reducing over-privileged accounts, minimizing the attack surface, and preserving operational agility without compromising security.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

  • Provision real-time access to Elasticsearch resources.
  • Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning to Elasticsearch resources.
  • Minimize unauthorized access risk and reduce the blast radius of security breaches.

Operational Efficiency

  • Eliminate manual access requests and ticketing delays by automating access workflows for engineers.
  • Reduce coordination overhead between DevOps, security, Data Analysts, and engineering teams with self-service, policy-driven access.
  • Accelerate time-to-access for developers while ensuring security teams retain full oversight and control.

Risk and Compliance

  • Achieve Zero Standing Privilege by reducing over-privileged and unused permissions by over 96%.
  • Simplify audits with detailed reporting, anomaly detection, and full access logs.
  • Protect sensitive customer data (PII, PHI, PCI) from unauthorized access.
When
Backend Engineer
request
read_only
to
Elasticsearch cluster
grant
Automatically
for
1 hour

Integrate Elasticsearch with Apono in 3 easy steps

Just three simple steps are all it takes to enable Just-In-Time access with Just Enough permissions to your Elasticsearch resources.

01

Connect Apono to Elasticsearch

Gain instant visibility into all your Elasticsearch resources- continuously discovering new ones as they are deployed.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

Discover why companies—from mid-sized enterprises to Fortune 500s—trust Apono for streamlined JIT and JEA access management to Elasticsearch resources.

Book a Demo
eye-icon

Gain complete visibility into Elasticsearch resources

gear

Automate and centralize access to Elasticsearch resources

Leverage user and resource context from over 100 integrations

Book a Demo

F5

Eliminate standing and excessive privileges in F5 policies

Implement Just-in-Time and Just Enough Access for F5

Docs

F5 provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions, helping businesses ensure their apps are fast, secure, and available across any environment. Its products and services – such as load balancers, application firewalls, and API security tools – optimize traffic management and protect against cyber threats both on-premises and in the cloud.

Integration Overview

Apono helps organizations achieve Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) by eliminating permanent privileged access to systems, cloud environments, databases, developer tools, and other critical resources.

With Apono, all your F5 policies are continuously discovered, enabling security teams to enforce fine-grained, dynamic, time-bound, and context-aware access policies across F5 environments. This ensures that F5 policies are only accessible to authorized users when needed – without exposing persistent credentials or requiring manual sharing or persistent access.

Through Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-Access (JEA) provisioning, access to F5 policies is granted only when required and automatically revoked, reducing over-privileged accounts, minimizing the attack surface, and maintaining operational agility without compromising security.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

  • Provision real-time access to F5 policies.
  • Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning for F5 resources.
  • Minimize unauthorized access risk and reduce the blast radius of potential security breaches.

Operational Efficiency

  • Eliminate manual access requests and ticketing delays by automating F5 access workflows for Security teams, DevOps, and Network Administrators.
  • Reduce coordination overhead between DevOps, security, and SRE teams with self-service, policy-driven access.
  • Accelerate time-to-access for F5 policies while ensuring security teams retain full oversight and control.

Risk and Compliance

  • Achieve Zero Standing Privilege by eliminating over-privileged and unused permissions in F5 environments.
  • Simplify audits with detailed reporting, anomaly detection, and full access logs.
  • Protect sensitive policy configurations from unauthorized access while maintaining regulatory compliance.
When
Admin
request
Read
to
F5_Policy
grant
Automatically
for
1 hour

Integrate F5 with Apono
in 3 easy steps

Just three simple steps are all it takes to enable Just-In-Time access with Just Enough permissions to your F5 policies.

01

Connect Apono to F5

Gain instant visibility into all your F5 policies – continuously discovering new ones as they are deployed.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

Discover why companies – from mid-sized enterprises to Fortune 500s – trust Apono to streamline JIT and JEA access management for their F5 environments.

Book a Demo
eye-icon

Gain complete visibility into your F5 policies

gear

Automate and centralize access to F5 policies

Leverage user and resource context from over 100 integrations

Book a Demo

GKE

Eliminate Standing and Excess Privileges in Your GKE Environment

Enable Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough Access (JEA) for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) resources.

Docs
GKE

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is Google Cloud’s managed Kubernetes platform, designed to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. GKE automates critical tasks such as cluster provisioning, upgrades, and scaling, while offering native integrations with Google Cloud services for identity, security, observability, and networking. This enables organizations to run Kubernetes workloads reliably and efficiently, without the complexity or operational overhead of managing the underlying infrastructure.

Integration Overview:

Apono helps organizations achieve Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) by eliminating permanent access to privileged systems, cloud environments, databases, and other critical resources.

Through its integration with GKE, Apono continuously discovers all GKE resources — including clusters, namespaces, secrets, ConfigMaps, deployments, StatefulSets, ingresses, CronJobs, and Jobs — while enabling security teams to enforce granular, dynamic, and context-aware access policies tailored to specific R&D teams and use cases.
For example:

  • Admin/DevOps Access for temporary elevated privileges for break-glass scenarios or general maintenance.
  • Developer Access provides mid-tier permissions for everyday tasks, such as deploying applications and troubleshooting within their own namespace.
  • Support Engineer Access is limited to specific namespaces to retrieve logs, without requiring full cluster visibility.

With just-in-time (JIT) and just-enough-access (JEA) provisioning, access is granted only when needed and automatically revoked, reducing over-privileged accounts, minimizing the attack surface, and maintaining operational agility without compromising security.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

  • Provision real-time access to GKE resources – namespaces, secrets and more.
  • Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning.
  • Minimize unauthorized access risk and reduce the blast radius of security breaches.

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Grant just-in-time, task-specific access to on-call engineers during incidents.
  • Scope and revoke access automatically based on context from OnCall and ITSM tools.
  • Ensure fast, secure incident response while enforcing least-privilege access to your GKE environment.

Risk and Compliance

  • Achieve Zero Standing Privilege by reducing over-privileged and unused permissions to GKE resources by over 96%.
  • Protect sensitive data (PII, PHI, PCI) and simplify audits with detailed reporting, anomaly detection, and full access logs.
  • Meet your customer security demands with granular access controls and full visibility into GKE resource access.
When
Cluster_Admin
request
Admin
to
GKE_Prod_Secret
grant
Automatically
for
1 hour

Integrate GKE with Apono in 3 Simple Step

Just three simple steps are all it takes to enable Just-In-Time (JIT) access with Just-Enough Permissions (JEA) to your cloud GKE environment.

01

Connect Apono to GKE:

Gain instant visibility into all
GKE resources – continuously discovering
new ones as they are deployed.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

Discover why companies—from mid-sized enterprises to Fortune 500s—trust Apono for streamlined JIT and JEA access management to their GKE environment.

Book a Demo
eye-icon

Gain full access and visibility for both human and NHI

gear

Automate and centralize access to your cloud resources

links

Leverage user and resource context from over 100 integrations

Book a Demo

Secret Manager

Just-in-Time Access To GCP Secret Manager

Apono enables the creation of dynamic Access Flows, offering on-demand permissions with precision and thorough audit functionality.

GCP Secret Manager is a fully managed service provided by Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that enables organizations to securely store, manage, and access sensitive information such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and other credentials. It helps organizations centralize the management of secrets and ensure secure access control and auditability.

Just-in-Time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implement strict controls on when those permissions are granted. JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Dev_GCP
requests
resourcemanager.projects.get
to
Secret_Manager_Prod
from
Secret_Manager
grant access for
4 hours
with
Compliance
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement comprehensive  logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent downtime and costly mistakes in production.
When
Dev_GCP
requests
resourcemanager.projects.get
to
Secret_Manager_Prod
from
Secret_Manager
grant access for
5 hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
DEV_GCP
requests
resourcemanager.projects.get
to
Secret_Manager_Prod
from
Secret_Manager
grant access for
4 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to GCP Secret Manager.

Apono works with GCP Secret Manager to make your infrastructure easy to access, manage, and audit. Apono empowers you to craft dynamic Access Flows, providing on-demand permissions with meticulous granularity and comprehensive audit capabilities.

01

Single Source of Truth

Centralize and streamline the management of privileges across your entire technology stack by consolidating them within a unified platform. This approach not only enhances efficiency but also facilitates a more comprehensive and cohesive oversight of the various permissions and access levels throughout your system, contributing to a more robust and integrated security framework.

02

Request & Approve via ChatOps

Leverage the power of ChatOps workflows, seamlessly integrating platforms such as Slack and Teams, to both grant and request access in a collaborative and streamlined manner. This innovative approach enhances the accessibility and efficiency of access management within your organizational framework. By incorporating ChatOps, you create an environment where access permissions can be granted or requested through intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, such as chat interfaces in Slack or Teams.

03

Comprehensive Audit Log

Enhance GCP Secret Manager access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.

04

Self-Service Access

Empower your developers to gain self-servable access to GCP Secret Manager services, buckets, instances and more using Slack, Teams, or the CLI.

05

Granular Permissions

Define the authorized categories of data and resources for users, groups, and dynamic contexts like on-call shifts. Establish explicit guidelines for access and utilization, ensuring a structured and secure framework. Incorporating dynamic contexts, such as on-call shifts, enhances system adaptability and promotes a nuanced, responsive resource allocation approach based on varying operational requirements.

06

Restrict Access To Task/Time

Make sure engineers, support, SREs or other employees receive the permissions they need only when they need them, maintaining a Least Standing Privilege Environment at any time (especially when it comes to production).

How Apono works in 3 steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to GCP Secret Manager:

Automatically locate all existing resources managed by GCP Secret Manager.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

IAM Groups

Just-in-Time Access To IAM Groups

With Apono you’ll be able to create dynamic Access Flows that grant on-demand permissions with high granularity and full audit.

IAM

IAM (Identity and Access Management) Groups are a fundamental component of managing access to resources in cloud computing environments, particularly in services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and others. IAM Groups allow you to organize your IAM users and define permissions for multiple users simultaneously, rather than managing permissions individually for each user.

Just-in-Time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implement strict controls on when those permissions are granted. JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Developer_AWS
requests
Admin_Role
to
IAM_Groups
from
AWS_IAM
grant access for
4 hours
with
Compliance
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement comprehensive  logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent downtime and costly mistakes in production.
When
Dev_AWS
requests
Admin_Role
to
IAM_Groups
grant access for
6 hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
Developer
requests
READ/WRITE
to
IAM_Groups
from
AWS_IAM
grant access for
4 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to IAM Groups

Apono works with IAM Groups to make your infrastructure easy to access, manage, and audit. Apono empowers you to craft dynamic Access Flows, providing on-demand permissions with meticulous granularity and comprehensive audit capabilities.

01

Tailored Production Engineer Access

Implement a tailored approach to permissions management by ensuring that access to sensitive resources is precisely calibrated to the specific needs and responsibilities of each user or system. This involves meticulously providing right-size permissions, aligning with the principle of least privilege. By adopting this meticulous strategy, you not only enhance the overall security posture of your system but also minimize the potential risks associated with excessive or insufficient access.

02

Customer Data Separation

Empower your organization by granting ownership to specific resources, while concurrently providing full audit capabilities that not only meet but surpass customer security requirements. Implementing this allows you to confidently navigate and fulfill stringent security mandates, fostering a culture of trust and diligence in resource management.

03

Single Source of Truth

Centralize and streamline the management of privileges across your entire technology stack by consolidating them within a unified platform. This approach not only enhances efficiency but also facilitates a more comprehensive and cohesive oversight of the various permissions and access levels throughout your system, contributing to a more robust and integrated security framework.

04

Self-Service Access Requests

Amplify employee productivity through the implementation of an efficient system that empowers individuals to seamlessly discover, request, and obtain access to essential resources in a matter of minutes. This transformative approach not only expedites operational efficiency but also cultivates an environment characterized by heightened agility and responsiveness.

05

Comprehensive Audit Log

Enhance IAM Groups access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.

06

Request & Approve via ChatOps

Leverage the power of ChatOps workflows, seamlessly integrating platforms such as Slack and Teams, to both grant and request access in a collaborative and streamlined manner. This innovative approach enhances the accessibility and efficiency of access management within your organizational framework. By incorporating ChatOps, you create an environment where access permissions can be granted or requested through intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, such as chat interfaces in Slack or Teams.

How Apono works in 3 steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to IAM Groups:

Locate all resources managed by IAM Groups.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

IAM Roles

Just-in-Time Access To IAM Roles

With Apono you’ll be able to create dynamic Access Flows that grant on-demand permissions with high granularity and full audit.

IAM

IAM (Identity and Access Management) roles are entities in cloud computing environments that define a set of permissions for making AWS service requests. Roles are not associated with specific users or groups. Instead, they are meant to be assumed by trusted entities, such as IAM users, applications, or AWS services, to grant them temporary permissions to perform actions on AWS resources.

Just-in-Time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implement strict controls on when those permissions are granted. JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Developer
requests
Admin
to
IAM
from
IAM_AWS
grant access for
4 hours
with
compliance
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement comprehensive  logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent downtime and costly mistakes in production.
When
Developer_on_Duty
requests
Admin
to
IAM
from
IAM_AWS
grant access for
3 hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
Developer
requests
Admin
to
IAM
from
IAM_AWS
grant access for
6 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to IAM Roles

With Apono you’ll be able to create dynamic Access Flows that grant permissions with high granularity and full audit.

01

Self-Service Access Requests

Tailored Production Engineer Access

Implement a tailored approach to permissions management by ensuring that access to sensitive resources is precisely calibrated to the specific needs and responsibilities of each user or system. This involves meticulously providing right-size permissions, aligning with the principle of least privilege. By adopting this meticulous strategy, you not only enhance the overall security posture of your system but also minimize the potential risks associated with excessive or insufficient access.

02

Request & Approve via ChatOps

Leverage the power of ChatOps workflows, seamlessly integrating platforms such as Slack and Teams, to both grant and request access in a collaborative and streamlined manner. This innovative approach enhances the accessibility and efficiency of access management within your organizational framework. By incorporating ChatOps, you create an environment where access permissions can be granted or requested through intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, such as chat interfaces in Slack or Teams.

03

Comprehensive Audit Log

Enhance IAM Roles access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.

04

Customer Data Separation

Empower your organization by granting ownership to specific resources, while concurrently providing full audit capabilities that not only meet but surpass customer security requirements. Implementing this allows you to confidently navigate and fulfill stringent security mandates, fostering a culture of trust and diligence in resource management.

How Apono works in 3 steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to IAM Roles:

Locate all resources managed by IAM Roles.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

IAM Policies

Just-in-Time Access To IAM Policies

With Apono you’ll be able to create dynamic Access Flows that grant on-demand permissions with high granularity and full audit.

IAM

IAM (Identity and Access Management) Policies are a set of rules that define the permissions granted to entities (such as users, groups, or roles) within a cloud computing environment. These policies are used to manage access to various resources and services offered by cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and others.

Just-in-Time (JIT) access involves assigning permissions to users or systems in real-time as needed, rather than maintaining continuous access. This strategy is frequently employed in cybersecurity to reduce the risk of security breaches by restricting unnecessary access. It aligns with the principle of least privilege (POLP), emphasizing that users should only have the minimum access levels required to fulfill their tasks.

Use Cases

Developer JIT Access

  • Limit access to the minimum required permissions and implement strict controls on when those permissions are granted. JIT access helps enhance overall security. This proactive approach reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.
  • Integrate JIT access with your incident response plan. In the event of a security incident, having the ability to quickly adjust access permissions can be crucial for containing and mitigating the impact.
  • Utilize JIT access with your identity management systems. This integration streamlines the process of aligning access permissions with changes in user roles, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
When
Dev_AWS
requests
Admin
to
IAM_Role
from
IAM
grant access for
4 hours
with
AWS_Admin
approval

Secure Break-glass Access

  • Manage break-glass access, balancing the need for emergency access with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures.
  • Implement comprehensive  logging and monitoring systems to track and record break-glass access events.
  • Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent downtime and costly mistakes in production.
When
Dev_AWS
requests
Admin
to
IAM_Role
from
IAM
grant access for
6 hours
with
automatic
approval

Automated Access

  • Escape the frustration of ticket fatigue and the time-consuming nature of manual provisioning through the implementation of automated access flows.
  • Embrace innovation to revolutionize your workflow, saving time and resources, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring a secure access management system.
  • Automate your access control and witness a transformative shift in permission allocation within your organization.
When
Dev_AWS
requests
Admin
to
IAM_Role
from
IAM
grant access for
4 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to IAM Groups

Apono works with IAM Policies to make your infrastructure easy to access, manage, and audit. Apono empowers you to craft dynamic Access Flows, providing on-demand permissions with meticulous granularity and comprehensive audit capabilities.

01

Tailored Production Engineer Access

Implement a tailored approach to permissions management by ensuring that access to sensitive resources is precisely calibrated to the specific needs and responsibilities of each user or system. This involves meticulously providing right-size permissions, aligning with the principle of least privilege. By adopting this meticulous strategy, you not only enhance the overall security posture of your system but also minimize the potential risks associated with excessive or insufficient access.

02

Request & Approve via ChatOps

Leverage the power of ChatOps workflows, seamlessly integrating platforms such as Slack and Teams, to both grant and request access in a collaborative and streamlined manner. This innovative approach enhances the accessibility and efficiency of access management within your organizational framework. By incorporating ChatOps, you create an environment where access permissions can be granted or requested through intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, such as chat interfaces in Slack or Teams.

03

Customer Data Separation

Empower your organization by granting ownership to specific resources, while concurrently providing full audit capabilities that not only meet but surpass customer security requirements. Implementing this allows you to confidently navigate and fulfill stringent security mandates, fostering a culture of trust and diligence in resource management.

04

Comprehensive Audit Log

Enhance IAM Policies access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.

How Apono works in 3 steps

Three easy steps are what it takes to create Just-In-Time and Just Enough
permissions for everyone with access to your cloud assets and resources.

01

Connect Apono to IAM Policies:

Locate all resources managed by IAM Policies.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access