Just-In-Time Access
What is Just-In-Time Access?
A privileged access management approach that grants users elevated permissions only when needed and for a limited duration, reducing standing privilege risk.
Terms that appear alongside just-in-time access
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as just-in-time access. The number is how many controls name both.
- access management 14 shared controls
- authentication 14 shared controls
- privileged access management 12 shared controls
- access control 11 shared controls
- multi factor authentication 10 shared controls
- nist 10 shared controls
- role based access control 9 shared controls
- privileged access management pam 7 shared controls
Frameworks that govern just-in-time access
What the standards actually require on just-in-time access
Requirements naming just-in-time access across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Implement Asset Management + Identity and Access Management + Cryptography per MTCS SS 584. Asset Management (ISO 27001 Annex A.8 alignment) - asset inventory (hardware + software + data + virtual + container + serverless) + asset classification + asset owners...
MTCS-Asset-IAM-Cryptography-Multi-Tier-Asset-Inventory-RBAC-MFA-PAM-FIPS-HSM-Quantum-Safe · MTCS Asset Mgmt + IAM + Cryptography + Asset Inventory + RBAC + MFA + PAM + FIPS + HSM + Quantum-Safe →Design and operate OT network architecture per NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3 Chapter 6 (OT Security Architecture). Apply the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture as the foundational structure: Level 0 Physical Process + Level 1 Basic Control + Level 2 Area Supervis...
NISTSP82-3 · OT Network Architecture: Zoned Architecture, Conduits, Segmentation, and Defence-in-Depth →Use Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for just-in-time access elevation with approval workflows and time-bound activation.
PA-2 · Avoid standing access for user accounts and permissions →Move from role-based to attribute-based or just-in-time access with continuous authorization.
ZTMM-ID-4 · Access Management →34 CFR 99.31(a)(6)(iii)(D) safeguards requirement + the PTAC Best Practices Guidance + SPPO Guidance. The 2011 final rule explicitly requires APPROPRIATE METHODS to PROTECT PII when disclosed under the studies + audit + evaluation exceptions.
FERPA-Safeguards-PTAC · Data Security Safeguards for PII in Education Records (PTAC Best Practices, SPPO Guidance) →HKMA C-RAF Domain 3 PROTECTION + Domain 4 DETECTION. DOMAIN 3 PROTECTION (6 sub-areas): (1) ACCESS CONTROL - identity + access management + privileged access (PAM) + MFA + zero trust + just-in-time access + role-based access + access reviews + offboarding;
HKMA-CRAF-Domain3-4-Protection-Detection · HKMA C-RAF Domain 3 (Protection) + Domain 4 (Detection) - Access, Data, Infrastructure, Application, Monitoring, Testing, Threat Intel →Questions people ask about just-in-time access
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