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Boost operational productivity with just in time access to Fivetran, ensuring enhanced cloud security and efficient data migration.
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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
JIT Access, or Just-In-Time Access, is a security feature used in managing systems, networks, and applications. It allows temporary and limited access privileges to users on an as-needed basis, often minimizing the risk of data breaches due to compromised credentials or insider threat. The access is granted and revoked automatically, effectively reducing the chance of unauthorized access.
1. Enhanced Least Privilege Access: Employing just in time access in Fivetran minimizes the potential risks linked with over-provisioning of permissions. This practice ensures that users only gain access rights when necessary, thereby maintaining the principle of least privilege, reducing the attack surface for potential breaches and maintaining a more secure data integration environment.
2. Reduced Insider Threats and Human Errors: Just in time access and privilege escalation restrict prolonged access to sensitive data and limit the opportunities for insiders to compromise data. It results in decreased inadvertent or intentional data breaches due to human errors or misuse, enhancing the overall integrity and reliability of Fivetran data pipeline flow.
3. Improved Operational Efficiency: Just-in-time privilege escalation streamlines access management and reduces overhead. It enables efficient allocation and use of resource connections in Fivetran by processing data only when required. This on-demand access management reduces unnecessary use of data storage and computing resources, massively enhancing operational efficiency.
4. Easier Auditing for Compliance: Incorporating just-in-time access provides a robust and clear audit trail for compliance purposes. Every access request and privilege escalation is logged and can be used for tracking or post-event investigations, ensuring transparency and making it simpler to satisfy regulatory requirements, especially those pertaining to data handling and privacy such as GDPR or CCPA in the Fivetran ecosystem.
1. Emergency Situations: In cases where an unexpected issue arises that requires immediate attention from an IT admin, just in time access can be granted to them to quickly enter Fivetran, diagnose the situation, and implement necessary solutions.
2. Regular Maintenance and Updates: Just in time admin access can be used during scheduled maintenance and update periods, allowing administrators to enter Fivetran only during agreed-upon time frames to perform necessary updates or repairs, thereby enhancing data security.
3. Temporary Employee Access: If a temporary employee or contractor needs admin access to Fivetran for a project, just in time access can be used to grant them the necessary permissions for the duration of their assignment, then automatically revoke access once their job is completed, ensuring no unwanted access remains.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance.
By adopting this structured methodology, you can effectively implement a robust Just-in-Time Access system for Fivetran.
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
Fivetran is a fully-automated data integration platform that pipelines all your data into a single source of truth. It offers pre-built connectors to sync data from cloud applications, databases, events and files into a cloud warehouse. Fivetran is a user-friendly platform that takes away the hassle of data engineering allowing businesses to focus more on data insights.
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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