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Enhance cloud security with just in time access to Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory). Offers controlled access, visibility, and reduces risk.
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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 (JIT) access is a process where system permissions are granted to users as and when they need it. This strategy reduces risk by eliminating standing privileges and operates under the 'least privilege necessary' principle. Rather than granting constant accessibility, JIT enables privileges for a specific time frame when the access is required.
1. Enhanced Least Privilege Access Control: Just in Time access in Entra ID enables a more granular approach to access controls, granting temporary permissions to users only when needed. This enhances the security posture by reducing the attack surface, limiting the potential impact of compromised credentials.
2. Reduction of Insider Threats and Human Errors: Using Just in Time privilege escalation in Entra ID significantly reduces the risk of insider threats and human error-based security breaches. By only granting elevated privileges on an as-needed basis, abuse of privileges and inadvertent errors can be substantially minimized, enhancing overall security.
3. Improved Operational Efficiency: Just in Time access eliminates the need to manage long-term permission assignments, enabling automation, reducing administrative overhead, and streamlining operations. The dynamic nature of these controls allows for quick response to changes and needs, improving operational efficiency.
4. Streamlined Compliance Auditing: With Just in Time access and privilege escalation, security logs capture precise information about who had what level of access, at which time, and for what purpose. This data aids in compliance auditing and makes the process more efficient, as it provides clear visibility about permissions assignment and utilization within Entra ID.
1. Accessing Sensitive Data: Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) just in time access could be used when an employee needs on-demand access to sensitive data within the company's system, like financial records or confidential project files, ensuring that they only have access during the necessary timeframe.
2. Role-based Access Control: In a situation where certain roles (e.g., system administrator, network engineer, etc.) require intermittent access to specific resources or services, Entra ID JIT can grant temporary access to these roles while minimizing the risk of unauthorized access or privilege escalation.
3. Contractor or Temporary Employee Access: If a company hires contractors or temporary employees who need access to certain systems or data, Entra ID just in time access could be used to provide them with the necessary access for a limited period of time, reducing the need for ongoing account management and increasing security.
4. Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure Access Management: Allocating users to Entra ID groups set up for JIT access, providing them with time-bound access to cloud resources (such as Azure VM), thus ensuring secure and effectively managed resource utilization appropriate to their ongoing project requirements.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance.
By implementing this structured approach, you can effectively establish a reliable Just-in-Time Access system for Entra ID.
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
Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is a service offered by Microsoft that provides identity and access management solutions. Primarily used for Microsoft's cloud services like Office 365, it also supports integration with third-party applications. It provides features such as multi-factor authentication, device registration, user and group management, and role-based access control for added security.
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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