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Enhance cloud security and streamline operations with just in time access to Gitlab, minimizing risk and optimizing workflow efficiency.
Skip to the Entitle integrationJust In Time (JIT) access is a security protocol where digital access rights and privileges are given to a user only at the time they need them for a specific task or function. Its purpose is to minimize the risk of unauthorized or unnecessary access. After the task is completed, the access rights are revoked, reducing the time window of potential threats.
1. Enhanced Operational Efficiency through Just-In-Time Access: Just-in-time access in Gitlab allows users to obtain necessary permissions only when required, eliminating the need for persistently broad permissions. This approach minimizes the risk of unintentional misuse, reduces management overhead, and efficiently optimizes workflows within the DevOps cycle.
2. Reduced Insider Threats through Just-In-Time Privilege Escalation: This technique minimizes the access surface for potential internal threats by granting elevated privileges only when needed, reducing the potential for unauthorized access or malicious activity within sensitive areas of the Gitlab repository.
3. Mitigation of Human Errors via Least-Privilege Access: Just-in-time access and just-in-time privilege escalation work towards granting the least access necessary to Gitlab users, minimizing the chances of inadvertent errors and data breaches caused by overly broad privileges and risky user behaviors.
4. Streamlined Auditing for Compliance with Just-In-Time Access: This method eases the auditing process for Gitlab by providing a detailed, real-time record of exactly who had access to what resources and when, supporting transparency and accountability for regulatory compliance in fields like healthcare, finance, and data protection.
1. Development Collaboration: Just in time access is critical for developers working on a shared project, allowing them to push, pull, and merge code changes in real time, ensuring that everyone is working on the most up-to-date version of the project.
2. Emergency Patches: In situations where there's a critical bug or security vulnerability that needs rapid addressing, just in time access allows the responsible team members to immediately pull the current codebase, implement fixes, and push the changes live without any delay.
3. Reviewing and Approving Changes: Team leads, project managers, or other stakeholders who need to approve changes before they're pushed to production can use just in time access to review proposed changes, offer feedback, and ultimately approve changes for deployment.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance.
By adopting this methodical plan, you can effectively enforce a robust JIT Access system for GitLab.
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
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides a range of tools for software development, ranging from project planning and source code management to CI/CD. It is a single application that helps in all stages of the DevOps life-cycle. Founded in 2011, it allows developers to create, review, and deploy code, with real-time collaborative capabilities, to improve business efficiency and speed up software development cycles.
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.