Policy-Based Action Control for Databases
StrongDM's policy-based action control offers a more effective approach to enterprise security by ensuring that a user’s every action is scrutinized and authorized.
Leading global brands rely on StrongDM
Legacy PAM Vendors |
StrongDM |
Limited Scope of Security: Focus is only on access control, missing the critical scrutiny and authorization of individual user actions. |
Action Control: Ensures every user action is scrutinized and authorized according to defined policies. |
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Incomplete Zero Trust Implementation: Inability to apply Zero Trust principles which creates an incomplete view of risk. |
Zero Trust PAM Framework: Integrates access and action control into a unified security framework. |
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Lack of Continuous Authorization: Security teams do not have a comprehensive view of user activity. |
Continuous Authorization: Constant verification of user actions and ensures real-time compliance. |
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Static Policy Management: Legacy solutions rely on static policies that cannot adapt to real-time context or emerging threats. |
Real-Time Contextual Adaptation: Adapts policies based on real-time context and evolving threats. |
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Limited Database Support: Inability to extend adequate controls to specific database environments like Postgres. |
Support for Postgres Databases: Extends security controls specifically to Postgres environments. |
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Unnecessary Friction for DevOps Teams: Hinders operational efficiency and collaboration. |
Frustration-Free for DevOps Teams: Reduce friction and ensure smooth, secure workflows for DevOps teams. |
Modernize Authorization for Databases
- Customizable Access and Authorization Policies: Simplifies authorization by allowing the creation, customization, and management of policies separately or collectively across applications.
- Action-Specific Permissions: Forbid or permit specific database actions, enhancing security and control over database resources.
- Minimize Unauthorized Access: Significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access and misconfiguration errors, improving overall database security.
- Fine-Grained, Real-Time Control: Enables detailed and dynamic control over database actions through the definition and enforcement of precise access policies.
Meet Continuous Compliance
- Justification for Actions: Deepens your audit trail by requiring users to justify their actions and log their reasons, enhancing transparency and accountability.
- Workflow-Approved Actions: Allows a user’s action to be permitted only if approved by workflow, adding an additional layer of control and oversight.
- MFA Challenges for Specific Actions: Requires particular user actions to trigger an MFA challenge, ensuring higher security for sensitive operations.
- Verifiable Least Privilege Implementation: Implements verifiable least privilege for regulated databases, ensuring users have the minimum necessary access, thus enhancing security and compliance.
Reduce Data & System Misuse Risk
- Fine-Grained, Real-Time Control: Enable precise control over database actions by defining and enforcing detailed access policies, ensuring that users can only perform authorized actions.
- Query Limitation: Limit a user’s queries to a predefined maximum number of rows, reducing the risk of excessive data access and potential misuse.
- Action-Specific Permissions: Forbid or permit specific database actions, enhancing security and control over database resources.
Benefits of StrongDM’s Action Control for Databases
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Daniel Solsona
