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Snowflake

Eliminate standing and excessive privileges in Snowflake

Apply Just-in-Time and Just Enough Access to secure your Snowflake instances

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Snowflake is a cloud-based data platform that lets organizations store, process, and analyze data at scale. It separates compute and storage for flexibility and enables secure, real-time data sharing across teams and cloud environments.

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 Snowflake roles are continuously discovered, enabling security teams to enforce granular, dynamic, time-bound, and context-aware access policies across Snowflake environments.

Through Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-Access (JEA) provisioning, access to Snowflake instances is provision 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 by exposing static credentials.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

  • Provision real-time access to Snowflake environment.
  • Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning to Snowflake instances.
  • 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
Developer
requests
Admin
to
Snowflake_Prod_Instance
grant access for
1 hour
with
DevOps
approval

Integrate Snowflake 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 Snowflake instances.

01

Connect Apono with Snowflake

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

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access

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GCP SQS

Just-in-Time Access To SQS

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

Google SQS are essentially the SQS or categories that Google’s algorithms associate with web pages, articles, and other online content. These SQS help Google understand the context and relevance of content when determining search rankings and serving results to users.

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
Dev_GCP
requests
READ/WRITE
to
Topic_Prod
from
Topic_GCP
grant access for
6 hours
with
DevOps
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
Developer_on_Duty
requests
READ/WRITE
to
Topic_Prod
from
Topic_GCP
grant access for
4 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
Topic_Prod
from
Topic_GCP
grant access for
5 hours
with
automatic
approval

Benefits

Apono automates access management to Topic

01

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.

02

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.

03

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.

04

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.

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 SQS:

Automatically discover all resources managed by SQS.

02

Create a workflow
03

Request access