I find several best features in StrongDM, but our primary use case focuses on ensuring that we do not have long-lived credentials. The best features for us are the centralized access control and the detailed audit logging, which allow us to provide temporary privileged access without managing VPNs ourselves. I appreciate how well it integrates with Kubernetes and cloud environments on AWS. A significant advantage was simplifying onboarding and offboarding processes, taking away a lot of time and minimizing the risk of overlooking these tasks. The audit logging feature significantly helps my team during troubleshooting and internal security reviews. With multiple teams accessing Kubernetes clusters in our production environments, it provides clear visibility into who accessed what and when. While we could use CloudTrail, fetching details from it requires complex SQL queries, making it challenging. StrongDM simplifies this, reducing manual tracking efforts and improving accountability, especially important for compliance with specific regulations we need to follow. StrongDM positively impacts our organization in many ways, mainly in cost savings from the time saved. It has significantly improved both security and operational efficiency for us. Previously, access management across AWS and Kubernetes was manual and highly coordinated, relying on VPNs. With StrongDM, onboarding and temporary privileged access processes became much faster and more standardized, enhancing our security posture while maintaining necessary compliance.
