Initiate Cloud Resource Access Requests and Approvals Directly from Slack

Enable users to request, view, and manage access to cloud resources directly from Slack.

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Solution Brief

Slack is the collaboration platform that brings teams together, providing channels, messaging, and integrations to enhance productivity and streamline communication across organizations.

Integration Overview

Apono’s Slack integration lets users request, view, and manage access to cloud resources directly within Slack. Users can request multiple resources at once, specify permissions to resources, and provide justifications – reducing reliance on tickets or separate portals. Historical requests are searchable, giving teams full visibility and accountability.

Approvers – including admins, resource owners, or managers -can monitor requests, receive notifications, and approve or deny access in real time from Slack, maintaining a clear audit trail. 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 security risks, and improving operational agility.

By bringing context-driven access management into Slack, Apono streamlines workflows, shortens time-to-access, and enforces consistent, policy-driven access – empowering users and approvers to manage access safely and efficiently.

Use Cases

JIT and Just Enough Access

Provision real-time access to your cloud resources via Slack.
Ensure right-sized permissions and enforce strict controls on access provisioning to cloud 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 Engineers, 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.

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