Just-inTime
(JIT)
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Just-in-Time Access for Google Workspace Groups
Apono works with Google Workspace 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.
Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite, is a collection of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools developed by Google. It includes a suite of applications designed to help individuals, teams, and organizations communicate, collaborate, and manage their work more effectively.
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
Group is gcp-devops and
Pagerduty Shift is Backend requests
READ/WRITE
to
Production Access
grant for
2 hours
with
automatic
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
Group is gcp-develops or backend requests
READ/WRITE
to
Production Access
and
Prod Bundle
grant access for
2 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
Group is gcp-devops or backend requests
READ/WRITE
to
Production Access
and
Prod access – DBs
grant for
2 hours
with
manual approval
from
Group is gcp-organization-admins Benefits
Apono automates access management to Google Workspace
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
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.
03
Ephemeral On-Demand Access
Ensure that access privileges are meticulously aligned with the specific requirements of each task by implementing a sophisticated system of granular ephemeral access. This strategic approach involves providing nuanced and temporary access permissions, precisely tailored to the unique demands of individual tasks. By adopting this level of granularity, you not only enhance the precision of access control but also optimize security measures within your operational landscape.
04
Comprehensive Audit Log
Enhance Google Workspace access and permissions transparency, facilitating comprehensive auditing for incident investigation and the implementation of scheduled reporting mechanisms to meet compliance requirements effectively.
05
Restricted access to PII
Restrict access to PII and sensitive data synced with cloud resources and Google Workspace groups.
06
Instant Access Workflows
Create On-Call and Break-Glass automated access workflows based on Google Workspace users in Pagerduty/Opsgenie/ViktorOps shifts.
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 Google Workspace:
Automatically discover all resources managed by Google Workspace.
03
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