Spring has sprung and the audits will come. How efficient are you at audit preparation? At StrongDM we reduce the administrative load and help customers get answers to the questions they need to reach regulatory compliance for internal and external audits.
StrongDM manages and audits access to infrastructure.
- Role-based, attribute-based, & just-in-time access to infrastructure
- Connect any person or service to any infrastructure, anywhere
- Logging like you've never seen
It is graduation month and as you prepare to graduate from outdated security practices, we're excited to introduce new features that will give your security policies a well-deserved upgrade.
Say goodbye to old manual ways and welcome a brighter future of enhanced security. In this blog post, we'll delve into our newest product enhancements that are designed to empower organizations on their cybersecurity journey.
- Log Streaming to S3: Dive into a world of enhanced visibility, compliance, and security as we enable you to effortlessly stream your StrongDM audit logs to a third-party object storage service. We are starting with Amazon S3, and will be introducing additional options in the future. It only takes a few steps. Simply enable log streaming in the Admin UI, add the policy to your S3 policy, and you’re done. Now all logs will be written to the configured S3 location. Once the data is in S3, export to any tool you wish. Documentation Here.
For instance, effortlessly send logs from your S3 bucket to Splunk and craft personalized dashboards to suit your needs. Uncover source-specific role changes, track server changes over time, or trace authentication events by country. The possibilities are endless.
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There are several options for how our customers choose to store and export their logs. Below are some common logging scenarios that may be right for you.
- Send Local Logs to CloudWatch
- Send Local Logs to Filebeat
- Send Local Logs to Graylog
- Send Local Logs to a Splunk Indexer
- Logging with Rsyslog
Improvements
- Certificate Expiration Time. The certificates used by the SSH Certificate-based resource type now have a validity of 24 hours, this is increased from 3 minutes.
- Advanced Insights Update: The Reports Library CSV now allows you to export all rows in a report, or only filtered report rows. Get the information you need quickly and easily.
Full May release notes are available here.
At StrongDM, we're continuously pushing the boundaries of what's possible in access management. The summer is just beginning, we're thrilled about the roadmap ahead, and we can't wait to unveil the incredible features and enhancements we have in store for you in the coming months.
Missed the April Update? Check it out here.
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