In a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, identity-based threats are at an all-time high. The 2024 Trends in Identity Security Report reveals that 84% of identity stakeholders experienced business impacts due to identity-related incidents, a significant jump from 68% in 2023. As cloud adoption accelerates, businesses face growing challenges in managing access securely while maintaining agility. Legacy privilege access management (PAM) solutions often leave organizations exposed to unnecessary standing privileges, increasing the risk of exploitation by threat actors.
As a CISO, Dan K. Anderson highlights a critical issue: “The rise in identity-related threats has made it clear that static, manual approaches to access management are outdated. Businesses need dynamic, automated solutions that can scale with cloud environments while minimizing risks. Without this shift, the window of opportunity for attackers widens, leaving organizations vulnerable.”
Apono’s innovative approach to just-in-time, just-enough (JIT JE) access management offers the solution organizations need to enhance their security posture while improving operational efficiency.
What Apono does:
Apono delivers a cutting-edge solution that automates and simplifies access management within cloud environments. Traditional PAM systems often require manual provisioning, creating bottlenecks and leaving unnecessary standing privileges in place. Apono’s dynamic Access Flows eliminate these issues by adapting permissions in real time based on contextual triggers, ensuring that users receive only the access they need, when they need it.
Integrations: Apono helps customers discover resources they have in their environment, natively integrating with existing resources and cloud infrastructure like AWS or Azure GCP and K8s, and data repositories.
Through seamless integrations with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure, and GCP, Apono’s platform provides comprehensive coverage across distributed environments. The platform’s user-friendly interface allows security teams to easily define guardrails while enabling users to request access via Slack, Microsoft Teams, or the Apono portal. This frictionless experience minimizes delays and boosts productivity without compromising security.
Access Flows: customers then establish guardrails, building dynamic access workflows that are flexible and scalable for constantly changing environments, accelerating their journey to zero standing privilege principles.
Apono’s focus on reducing the risks associated with standing privileges aligns perfectly with today’s Zero Trust principles. By continuously monitoring and auto-revoking privileges, Apono ensures compliance and security remain consistent, even as environments evolve and new assets are introduced.
“We come with the message that business productivity should not come at the cost of security, nor should security come at the cost of productivity. Our clients come to us because they are tired of compromising,” said Rom Carmel, CEO & Co-Founder of Apono.
“Before we had Apono, developers needing access to fix something in production had to go through DevOps, causing delays. Sometimes, they even received more privileges than needed. Apono has streamlined this process, providing the right access at the right time without compromising security,” said Yaron Blachman, CTO & CISO at OpenWeb.
Request Access: These access flows enable users to quickly get the permissions they need to do their work, requesting access via Slack (seen below), Microsoft Teams, the Apono User Portal or directly in the CLI.
Audit: Features like the access graph (seen below) simplify reporting so organizations can continuously monitor the least privilege model they established, demonstrating exactly who had access to what, when and why to auditors and customers.
In Summary
Apono’s JIT JE access management platform empowers organizations to manage cloud environments securely and efficiently. By automating access policies and eliminating the risks associated with standing privileges, Apono helps businesses enhance their security posture while maintaining agility and productivity. Explore how Apono can transform your access management strategy—visit https://apono.io/ to schedule a demo and see the platform in action. Find them on Twitter (X): @Apono_io #identitysecurity #accessmanagement #cloudsecurity
About the Author
Dan Anderson is a winner of the Top Global CISO of the Year for 2023 and currently serves as a vCISO and On-Call Roving reporter for Cyber Defense Magazine. BSEE, MS Computer Science, MBA Entrepreneurial focus, CISA, CRISC, CBCLA, C|EH, PCIP, and ITIL v3. Dan’s work includes consulting premier teaching hospitals such as Stanford Medical Center, Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Utah Hospital, and large Integrated Delivery Networks such as Sutter Health, Catholic Healthcare West, Kaiser Permanente, Veteran’s Health Administration, Intermountain Healthcare and Banner Health. Dan has served in positions as President, CEO, CIO, CISO, CTO, and Director, is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Mark V Security, and Cyber Advisor Board member for Graphite Health. Dan is a USA Hockey level 5 Master Coach. Current volunteering by building the future of Cyber Security professionals through University Board work, the local hacking scene, and mentoring students, co-workers, and CISO’s. Dan lives in Littleton, Colorado. Find him online at linkedin.com/in/dankanderson.