Just-in-time access to AWS, Azure and GCP, brokered at the gateway
SWOT Cloud PAM governs privileged access to the cloud management plane. Engineers stop holding long-lived cloud keys: every session is requested, approved, time-bound and brokered into short-lived STS or OAuth credentials. The Access Gateway inspects each API call inline, denies dangerous operations before they reach the provider, and writes a SHA-256 hash-chained record that the server counter-signs.
The problem
Cloud access tools often broker credentials and collect logs, then leave the CLI, SDK and infrastructure-as-code path to provider audit trails that arrive minutes after the action. A recording written by the user’s own browser can also be edited by the user who owns that browser.
0Standing privileges held between sessions
60 sUpper bound on a revoked grant still working
4Enforcement modes, selected per tenant
Core capabilities
Zero standing privilege
Time-bound grants behind multi-stage approval
STS AssumeRole and Azure or GCP OAuth, no persistent keys
Inline policy enforcement
Dangerous cloud API calls denied before they leave the gateway
A revoked grant stops working within 60 seconds
Tamper-evident session log
SHA-256 hash chain over every recorded event, client and server
Server HMAC anchors each checkpoint with a key clients never hold
Four enforcement modes
Extension, Proxy, Both and Isolated, selected per tenant
Proxy and Isolated refuse any session that bypasses the gateway
Isolated secure console
The console runs server-side in a pooled headless browser
The user drives pixels and never receives cloud credentials
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Enterprise capabilities
Full management-plane coverage
Console, CLI, SDK and IaC across AWS, Azure and GCP
CloudTrail and Activity Log ingestion as a detective backup
Risk scoring and anomaly detection
Deterministic scoring on escalation, exfiltration, IP, geography and timing
Feeds risk approvals and step-up MFA before the action proceeds
Identity and tenancy governance
SAML and OIDC SSO, MFA, step-up re-verification, break-glass
Multi-tenant separation with enforcement policy per tenant
Compliance reporting and export
Report packs mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS and GDPR
Per-session JSON or CSV export carrying its chain verification
Platform modules
Dashboard
Active sessions, pending requests and risk posture on one screen.
Cloud Roles
Discovered AWS, Azure and GCP roles with the entitlements each carries.
Eligible Access
What a user may request today, and the path to activate it.
Approvals
Multi-stage approval queue with justification and time-bound grants.
Risk Approvals
Requests that scored above threshold, routed for a second decision.
Secrets Vault
Provider credentials encrypted at rest, never logged, stripped from proxied calls.
Live Gateway Activity
Brokered API calls as they happen, with terminate on the same screen.
Session Search
Query merged extension and gateway timelines by text or event.
Session Playback
Screens and API transactions on one scrubber, chain verified on load.
Break-Glass Accounts
Dual-control emergency access, logged from request to revocation.
Compliance Reports
Framework-mapped evidence packs generated from the audit record.
Audit Logs
Record of every approval, grant, session and administrative change.
Technical specifications
Clouds
AWS, Azure and GCP: console, API, CLI, SDK and IaC
Architecture
Control plane, Access Gateway, browser extension, isolation service
Credentials
STS AssumeRole, Azure and GCP OAuth, clamped to the session
Revocation
A revoked grant stops working within 60 seconds
Recording
SHA-256 hash chain, server HMAC anchoring, JSON and CSV export
Report packs mapped to these frameworks from the audit record. Whether a control is met depends on your configuration, scope and independent assessment.
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