Just-in-Time Access To PostgreSQL
Apono empowers you to craft dynamic Access Flows, providing on-demand permissions with meticulous granularity and comprehensive audit capabilities.
Note: You can also choose to integrate RDS, CloudSQL, or Azure SQL
PostgreSQL, often referred to as “Postgres,” is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). It is known for its advanced features, extensibility, and adherence to SQL standards. PostgreSQL supports a wide range of data types and has a reputation for being a powerful and robust database solution.
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.
PostgreSQL Use Cases
Just-In-Time Access to Production Database
- Allow SREs, Developers or Platform Engineers to receive temporary granular permissions to collections and databases.
- “BreakGlass”, “Firefighter” role, and On-Call access automation with integration to PagerDuty and more shift management and incident response tools.
- Contractor or Third-Party Restricted Temporary access granting with MFA.
Postgres_Prod Compliant Customer Database Access
- Grant permissions to only the specific customer data across multitenant databases and with customer consent.
- Satisfy customer security requirements with granular access control and full audit of access to customer databases.
- Easily restrict access to PII, PHI, PCI and any regulated or sensitive data access.
Postgres_Prod Prevent Human Errors in Production
- Dynamically grant only the permissions needed for the task at hand to prevent costly mistakes in production and downtime.
Postgres_Prod 
Comprehensive Audit Log
Enhance PostgreSQL access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.
Automating Access and Permissions to PostgreSQL
Automate Self-Serviceable permissions to PostgreSQL database or schemas directly from Slack, Teams or from your CLI.
Granular PostgreSQL Database Access
Define PostgreSQL database and schema permissions as fine-grained as necessary.
Comprehensive Audit Log
Enhance PostgreSQL access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.
Automated Database Permissions Approval Workflows
Define access approval workflow based on defined organizational permission guardrails.
Restricted Third-Party Access
Grant third-party (customer or vendor) time-based access to specific buckets, databases or instances with MFA verification.
Self-Serve Permissions
Self-serve permissions to PostgreSQL database or collections directly from Slack, Teams or from your CLI.
Break-Glass Scenarios
Equip first-responders with the capability to access permissions on demand, while concurrently capturing essential incident context, details of granted access, and the chronological timeline of events.
Decreased Insider Threats
The implementation of just-in-time privilege escalation serves to mitigate internal threats by ensuring that personnel are granted access to sensitive information or specific operational capabilities only when essential. This precautionary measure helps prevent unauthorized or unintentional data access.
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.
Automatically discover all databases managed by PostgreSQL.
Define dynamic permission workflows and approval processes.
And that’s it! Now your team can directly request access to granular resources in a single click, automatically provisioned when you need it or shipped for approval – no more waiting for permissions or leaving them behind.
Review Access
View a detailed access audit of who was granted access to which instances with what permission level and why.
15-Minute Deployment
No Secrets Stored
Full Access Visibility