Enhancing Access Management and Compliance in AWS

Centralized Access Management

StrongDM integrates seamlessly with AWS, offering a centralized platform for managing access to all AWS resources. Administrators can easily grant, revoke, or modify user access to these resources, ensuring that the right people have the right level of access.

Role-Based Access Control: Implement fine-grained access control based on roles and responsibilities.
Automated Onboarding/Offboarding: Streamline user access provisioning and deprovisioning for AWS resources.
Just-In-Time Access: Eliminate long-standing access grants for users who don’t need them by enabling easy access workflows.

Enhanced Security

Enhance security in AWS environments by providing robust authentication and authorization mechanisms. StrongDM supports multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrates with identity providers (IdPs) for Single Sign-On (SSO) and SCIM provisioning, adding an extra layer of security to AWS access.

Cloud-native Authentication: Enforce IAM authentication to AWS-managed databases and Kubernetes resources.
MFA Integration: Require multi-factor authentication for accessing critical AWS resources.
Integrates With Secret Stores: Speed time to value by leveraging existing secret stores like AWS Secrets Manager.
Aligns with AWS Well-Architected: Implement access best practices with StrongDM in your first step to AWS Well-Architected best practices.

Comprehensive Auditing and Compliance

StrongDM aids in meeting compliance requirements by offering detailed auditing and logging of all access activities within AWS. This ensures transparency and accountability, which is vital for regulatory compliance.

Real-Time Monitoring: Track user activity on AWS resources in real-time.
Immutable Logs: Generate tamper-proof logs for all access events, aiding in forensic analysis.
Compliance Reporting: Simplify compliance reporting with detailed logs and easy-to-generate reports.

Seamless Integration

StrongDM integrates smoothly with existing AWS infrastructure and management tools. This integration facilitates streamlined operations and minimizes the learning curve for administrators and users alike.

API Integration: Leverage AWS APIs for automated management and configuration.
Infrastructure as Code: Integrate with tools like Terraform for managing AWS resources.
Plugin Ecosystem: Utilize plugins for extended functionality and customization.

Centralized Policy Enforcement

The StrongDM® Strong Policy Engine enables distributed enforcement of centralized policies, creating a secure and unified access control framework across your infrastructure.

Powered by the Cedar Policy Language from AWS: Policy evaluation with sub-millisecond response times making continuous authorization ultra-responsive.
Fine-grain Access Control: Extend existing RBAC and ABAC policies with policies that control access and operations.
Continuous Compliance: Establish policies that are uniformly enforced across all your diverse applications and infrastructure components. A centralized approach streamlines administrations and enables the enforcement of policies.