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Just-in-Time Access

Standing privilege is standing risk. Grant access for the hour it is needed and let it destroy itself.

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Overview

Privilege with a built-in expiry date

Most privileged access is needed occasionally but granted permanently. Tanflow inverts that: access exists only inside approved time windows - requested on demand, approved in seconds, and revoked automatically when the clock runs out.

On-demand elevation

Users request privileged access when they need it, with business justification; approvers grant from any device.

Scheduled windows

Recurring change windows - the DBA team's Saturday-night slot - defined once, enforced forever.

Automatic expiry

Grants terminate on schedule: sessions close, credentials rotate, the door re-locks itself.

Emergency break-glass

Incident-speed elevation with multi-approver unlock and mandatory retrospective review.

Context-aware approval

Approvers see who, what, why, and the requester's recent history before deciding.

How it works

Sixty minutes of root, not one minute more

RequestEngineer requests root on prod-app-03 for 60 minutes, citing the incident ticket.
ApproveThe on-call approver reviews context and approves from their phone.
WorkA recorded, command-controlled session opens through the gateway.
ExpireAt minute 60 the session closes, the credential rotates, access is gone.

Why it matters

Outcomes you can put in front of an auditor

  • Attack surface shrinks to the hours access actually exists
  • Access reviews get shorter - most privilege simply expires
  • Vendor and contractor access ends on schedule without human memory
  • Every elevation is tied to a justification and an approver
  • Cleanly satisfies least-privilege expectations in NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and RBI guidance

Part of Tanflow PAM

This capability is built into Tanflow PAM - the zero-agent privileged access platform that deploys in 2-4 weeks on your infrastructure.

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FAQ

Common questions

What happens to an active session when the window expires?

Policy decides: hard-terminate at expiry, or allow a grace period for cleanup while blocking new commands. Either way, the event is logged.

Does JIT slow down incident response?

It speeds it up - break-glass elevation takes seconds with approval from any device, and responders stop hunting for the person who knows the root password.

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