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Enhance cloud security and improve operational resilience with just in time access to Rest API. Perfect for effective API management and serverless computing.
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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 security model where user access permissions to a system or resource are granted only exactly when they are needed. This model helps reduce the risk of unwanted or unauthorized access by limiting the overall exposure of these permissions. In addition to enhancing security, this model also can save costs by reducing the need for constant monitoring of access points in a network.
1. Least Privilege Access Enhancement: With Just in Time Access and Privilege Escalation, only the necessary permissions for specific tasks are provided to a user or service in the Rest API, maintaining the principle of least privilege access. This not only tightens security but prevents misuse of API endpoints, reducing potential unauthorized access or harmful operations.
2. Mitigated Insider Threat Risk: Time-bound access can greatly reduce insider threats by narrowing the window of opportunity for malicious activities to occur within the Rest API. By dynamically provisioning and de-provisioning access as needed, the risk of insider threats abusing or mishandling the API's sensitive resources is significantly lessened.
3. Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Just in time access and privilege escalation streamline the process of managing permissions, making it far less cumbersome and improving operational efficiency. This reduces the overhead of managing long-lived credentials, thus improving the operational efficiency of REST API security management.
4. Streamlined Auditing and Compliance: Just in Time access helps improve the monitoring and auditing process of the REST API, providing clear access trails. This simplifies regulatory compliance as it provides a detailed log of who accessed what resources, when, and what actions were taken, facilitating simpler and more thorough audits.
1. Mobile Application Development: Mobile applications can use just in time access to Rest API to quickly retrieve, update, or delete data stored in a server, allowing real-time information exchange and updates without consuming large amounts of data or storage.
2. E-commerce platforms: Just in time access to Rest API allows e-commerce platforms to get real-time inventory updates from suppliers, provide real-time shipping information, and process customer orders instantaneously ensuring a seamless user experience.
3. AI and Machine Learning: AI models can use just in time access to Rest API for real-time data training and prediction, making the model more time-sensitive and accurate to current scenarios, enhancing the efficiency and precision of AI algorithms.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance
By following this structured approach, you will be able to effectively set up a robust Just-in-Time Access system for your Rest API.
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
REST API is a set of rules and conventions for building and interacting with web services. It allows different software applications to communicate with each other via the internet, typically using HTTP methods. REST, which stands for Representational State Transfer, is stateless, meaning each HTTP request from a client to a server must contain all the information needed to understand and fulfill the request.
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.
