Ensure robust security and streamline operations with just in time access to LDAP. Improve control and reduce exposure risk.
Skip to the Entitle integrationJust-In-Time (JIT) access is a security feature where access rights or privileges are provided only when they are immediately needed. This concept is widely used in cloud infrastructure administration where access is time-bound and limited to a few hours. It limits potential damage if a hacker gains access to a privileged account because it minimizes the attack surface.
1. Enhanced Least Privilege Access Control: Just in time access and privilege escalation with LDAP ensure that users are granted only the minimum level of access required to perform their roles, reducing the risk of unauthorized or harmful actions. This strict enforcement of least privilege access can significantly improve your organization's security posture.
2. Mitigation of Insider Threats: By restricting user access to the necessary minimum, the likelihood of misused privileges or insider threats is greatly reduced. Through on-demand access, organizations can ensure users only gain elevated privileges at the time they need them, minimizing the window of opportunity for insider attacks.
3. Improved Operational Efficiency: Just in time method optimizes operational efficiency by automating access and privilege management. This eliminates manual intervention in access changes, reduces human effort, and ensures timely performance of tasks, all leading to an overall operational efficiency increase.
4. Streamlined Auditing and Compliance: With just in time provision and deprovision of access, auditing and maintaining compliance becomes more efficient and manageable. The automatic tracking of permissions allows for a robust and auditable record of who had what access when, which simplifies the audit process and eases adherence to strict regulatory standards.
1. User Authentication: JIT access to LDAP can allow for precise control and security in user authentication, to ensure only verified users gain access to specific sections of an organizational network or application.
2. User Provisioning: In dynamic corporate settings where roles frequently change, JIT capability can provide seamless transitions by adjusting LDAP data to grant or restrict access based on the current roles or permissions of each user.
3. Customer Management Solutions: In customer-facing platforms or e-commerce solutions, where customer data needs to be accessed and updated regularly, using JIT with LDAP can ensure optimal performance efficiency by only retrieving necessary data when needed, without overloading system resources.
4. Dynamic Infrastructure Access Management: Assigning users to LDAP groups specifically configured for JIT access, granting them time-limited access to a resource, to ensure secure and controlled resource utilization aligned with their current project requirements.
1. Planning.
2. Execution.
3. Maintenance.
By adhering to this systematic approach, you will effectively establish a robust Just-in-Time Access system for LDAP.
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
LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is not a company but a protocol used to access and maintain distributed directory information services over an internet protocol. It was developed by the University of Michigan as a way to store data about users, networks, services, and devices in a central location. This protocol is most commonly used by businesses and organizations for directory sharing and single sign-on services.
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.