Having permanent elevated privileges makes your organization vulnerable to potential data breaches and account damage from both insider threats and hackers around the clock. By utilizing Britive's Just In Time Privileges, which are granted temporarily and automatically expire, you can effectively reduce the risk associated with your privileged identities—both human and machine. This approach allows you to uphold a zero standing privilege (ZSP) model across your cloud environments without the complexity of creating your own cloud privileged access management (PAM) system. Additionally, hardcoded API keys and credentials, which often come with elevated privileges, are prime targets for attacks, and there are significantly more machine IDs utilizing them compared to human users. Implementing Britive's Just-in-Time (JIT) secrets management can greatly minimize your exposure to credential-related threats. By eliminating static secrets and enforcing zero standing privileges for machine IDs, you can keep your cloud accounts secure. Furthermore, it's common for cloud accounts to become excessively privileged over time, especially as contractors and former employees tend to retain access even after their departure. Regularly reviewing and revoking unnecessary privileges is essential to maintaining a secure and efficient cloud environment.
