JUST-IN-TIME ACCESS
Request Temporary AWS Access from the CLI: SSO Elevator 5.0
SSO Elevator is FivexL’s open-source Terraform module for just-in-time AWS access through IAM Identity Center. People request a permission set in an account, or membership in an IAM Identity Center group, from Slack. Approvers approve in Slack. The module grants the access and removes it when …
Can You Prove Who Accessed Your Data?
You have logs. You do not have proof. That is the gap most startups in regulated industries like healthcare or fintech discover during their first HIPAA or SOC 2 audit. The IAM policies are there. The roles are configured. Permissions are restricted. But when an auditor asks “who had access to …
Bridging the Gap: Automating Group Assignments in AWS IAM Identity Center with SSO Elevator
Google Workspace SCIM provisioning to AWS IAM Identity Center does not sync groups - a frustrating limitation. SSO Elevator now offers a Terraform-native solution that automatically assigns users to groups based on their attributes, eliminating the need for external tools like ssosync.
Building Resilience into SSO Elevator 3.1.0: Lessons from an AWS Outage
How a real AWS outage revealed hidden dependencies in SSO Elevator and led to version 3.1.0 with improved resilience through intelligent S3 caching. A practical guide to engineering for failure.
Introducing the Open-Source Terraform AWS SSO Elevator Module with Slack Integration
Open-source Terraform AWS SSO Elevator tool allows requesting and granting temporary elevated access for AWS SSO through a Slack request/approval workflow.