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JIT Access for Wordkloads

7 min readReplace static credentials with JIT access and ephemeral tokens. Eliminate standing privileges for workloads. Complete implementation guide included.

JIT access replaces the common practice of issuing and locally storing keys with a workflow that evaluates a workload's rights every time it tries to access sensitive data.
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