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Enhance your security measures with just in time access to GitHub, lowering breach risks while maintaining operational efficiency.
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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 refers to a security strategy where a user's access rights or permissions are only enabled when needed for a specific task or job and then immediately revoked once the task is complete. This principle reduces the possibility of unauthorized access or security breaches by minimizing the window in which the privileges can be used or misused. JIT access is utilized in IT and cybersecurity to enhance the security of systems and data.
1. Enhanced Security through Least Privilege Access: Just-in-time access limits GitHub permissions strictly to those needed for the task at hand, reducing the potential attack surface. By not having round the clock, elevated access – you limit the opportunity for credentials to be lost, leaked or exploited.
2. Mitigation of Insider Threats and Human Errors: With just-in-time privilege escalation, a user is given temporary, necessary privileges, decreasing the risk associated with permanent high-level access. This approach stipulates that a user has access rights for a specific time frame, significantly reducing the impact of insider threats and human errors.
3. Accelerated Operational Efficiency: This approach minimizes unnecessary access approvals and streamlines the development cycle in GitHub. Automatic access request and approval workflows improve system administration productivity, allowing the team to focus more on critical tasks.
4. Facilitated Auditing for Compliance: Just-in-time access provides detailed auditing capabilities, with each privilege escalation recorded and time-stamped. This makes it easier for organizations to track user activities, meet compliance requirements, and conduct investigations in the event of a security incident. It also helps in demonstrating that access controls align with compliance regulations during audits.
1. Code Review: A team could utilize just in time access to review specific sections of coding within a project without having constant access, improving security by limiting potential breaches or unauthorized changes.
2. Project Collaboration: In instances where an external consultant is brought onto a project, just in time access can be used to allow them to contribute to the codebase for a limited time, and is removed once their role is completed.
3. Training and Education: For training purposes or educational workshops, just in time access can provide temporary GitHub access to participants, allowing them to work on a specific task or project, and the access can be removed once the session ends.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance.
By adhering to this structured approach, you can effectively implement a robust Just-in-Time Access system in GitHub.
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
GitHub is a web-based hosting service for version control using git, primarily used for computer code. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project. GitHub offers plans for both private repositories and free accounts which are commonly used to host open-source software projects.
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.
Manage your users' on-demand and birthright permissions, all from one place.
