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Enhance security and streamline operations with just in time access to AWS EC2. Gain precise control over instance accessibility, reduce risks, and optimize resource utilization.
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Time-bound admin role escalations
Temporary access that is revoked when no longer needed
Faster access for employees and contractors
Audit logs and access reviews
Just-in-time access is a security model that only provides access permissions as needed for a certain period of time. The approach decreases the probability of unauthorized access or compromised credentials because access to sensitive resources is limited and only available for a short duration. It can be applied to privileged account management, network access control, systems or application access, and more.
1. Enhanced Security: Using just in time access and privilege escalation drastically reduces the risks related to least privilege admin access. It mitigates security threats by providing minimum necessary access and elevates privileges only when absolutely required, thereby minimizing the attack surface for potential insider threats.
2. Reduced Insider Threats and Human Errors: These measures virtually eliminate accidental data and system breaches caused by human mistakes or malicious insiders. By granting short-term access only when necessary, the chances of unauthorized or inappropriate access to sensitive resources on AWS EC2 are highly reduced.
3. Improved Operational Efficiency: Utilizing JIT access and privilege escalation in handling permissions can enhance operational efficiency within AWS EC2. It cuts down unnecessary user access and permissions, keeping the system uncluttered, and improves the system's performance by saving resources, time, and reducing downtime.
4. Simplified Compliance Auditing: Incorporating just in time access and privilege escalation simplifies the process of auditing for compliance. With it, there is a trackable, easily understandable record of who accessed the system, when, and why, which aids in meeting industry standards and regulatory requirements for managing EC2 instances in AWS.
1. Patch Management & Updates: Companies can use just in time access to AWS EC2 to periodically update and patch their applications and systems. This ensures that their software remains up to date, secure, and functioning optimally without having to maintain constant, costly access.
2. Temporary Data Analysis Tasks: In data-heavy industries, AWS EC2 can be used for on-demand, just in time access when there is a need to conduct big data analytics tasks. Using EC2 instances, the company can scale up computing resources only when they need to analyze large data sets and then terminate these instances once the task is completed.
3. Application Testing & Development: Development teams can utilize just in time access to EC2 for instances whenever they need to develop, test, or deploy new applications. This flexibility allows businesses to save on costs as they don't have to pay for continuous instances but only for the time they are actually using the EC2 instances.
Just-in-Time (JIT) access in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) enables businesses to control user permissions and access dynamically. With JIT, it is possible to grant temporary access based on an individual's needs at a specific time. Below we lay out a guide providing steps on how to implement JIT in AWS EC2.
Following these steps will assist businesses in setting up a vigorous Just-in-Time Access system for AWS EC2, improving security, reducing risk, and enhancing operational productivity over time by allowing quick access to resources when needed.
Entitle provides self-serve access requests, flexible policy workflows, and automated provisioning, to restrict unneeded access across cloud infra and SaaS.
"I like Entitle because it’s one of those tools I can set up and forget about. I never have to go into it and it just works."
Mike Morrato
CISO and Global Head of IT,
Noname Security
AWS EC2, or Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud, is a part of Amazon's cloud platform, providing scalable computing capacity in the cloud. This service allows users to run applications on Amazon's computing environment. EC2 allows developers to increase or decrease capacity within minutes, choose among multiple instance types, and pay only for the capacity that they actually use.
Entitle is how cloud-forward companies provide employees with temporary, granular and just-in-time access within their cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications. Entitle easily integrates with your stack, offering self-serve access requests, instant visibility into your cloud entitlements and making user access reviews a breeze.
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