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Use caseDevOps and CI/CD pipelines
Automate releases without handing out the keys
Pipelines and runbooks need powerful access to clouds and servers. SWOT keeps the keys in a rotating vault, sends infrastructure-as-code calls through a gateway that refuses dangerous ones, and runs release runbooks with approval gates and a full audit ledger.
Why pipelines are a privileged-access problem
- 01
Keys in too many places
Cloud keys and API tokens copied into scripts and pipeline settings rarely change and are hard to trace.
- 02
Automation can do anything
An infrastructure-as-code run with owner rights can remove guard rails as easily as it deploys.
- 03
Releases with no human check
Risky steps such as restarting production run without a gate, and failures are hard to see.
See it work
Follow a release
Step through a sample release and see where each SWOT control acts.
- 1Commit
- 2Build
- 3Provision
- 4Approve
- 5Deploy
- 6Done
How it works
Where SWOT acts in a release
Keep keys in the vault
Cloud keys, SSH keys and API tokens live in the SWOT PAM Central Vault, rotated on a schedule.
SWOT PAMInspect infrastructure as code
IaC, CLI and SDK calls pass through the Cloud PAM gateway, where dangerous operations are denied.
SWOT Cloud PAMRun the runbook
FlowForge pulls runbooks and workflow YAML from GitHub and runs them agentlessly over SSH and WinRM.
FlowForgeGate and record
Manual gates wait for an operator before risky steps, and every run lands on the audit ledger.
FlowForge
The products
What each product does here
- FlowForgeIT automation platformRelease runbooks from GitHub, approval gates, live runs and the audit ledgerExplore FlowForge
- SWOT Cloud PAMMulti-cloud PAM for AWS, Azure, GCPGateway inspection of infrastructure-as-code, CLI and SDK callsExplore SWOT Cloud PAM
- SWOT PAMPrivileged access managementThe Central Vault for keys and tokens, with rotationExplore SWOT PAM
How does PAM apply to DevOps?
Pipelines and release runbooks use privileged credentials and make privileged changes. Applying PAM means keeping those credentials vaulted and rotated, inspecting the calls automation makes, and putting human approval and an audit trail around risky steps.
Can FlowForge run our existing pipelines?
FlowForge can pull runbooks, scripts and workflow YAML from your GitHub organisations, or import .yml pipelines, and run them on your own infrastructure.
What stops a pipeline from removing guard rails?
Infrastructure-as-code calls through the SWOT Cloud PAM gateway are inspected, and operations your policy marks as dangerous are denied before they reach the cloud.
Can a human approve a risky step?
Yes. A FlowForge workflow can stop at a manual gate, such as before a production restart, until an operator approves.
See it on your own systems
A walk-through of FlowForge, SWOT Cloud PAM and SWOT PAM with the team that builds them.