Security News > 2023 > May > Using just-in-time access to reduce cloud security risk

Excessive privileges are a continuing headache for security professionals.

Cloud environments rely on identity as the security perimeter, and identities are mushrooming and making "Identity sprawl" a serious challenge.

One way to address the large attack surface and unnecessary risk in the cloud is to implement just-in-time privileged access.

Enforcing the kind of granular permissions management necessary for good cloud security manually-going back and forth trying to determine which privileges are called for and what are the minimal escalations that can get the job done - can be time-consuming and frustrating for both users and security teams.

Deploying JIT access begins with gaining a clear view of who users are, what privileges they have and what privileges they need, including whether they are human and machine identities.

By implementing JIT, security teams can move closer to achieving a least-privilege model and implementing zero trust security.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/05/01/using-jit-privileged-access/