Managing secure access to infrastructure shouldn’t be a headache—but for most organizations, it is. That’s where StrongDM comes in. We replace clunky, outdated access solutions with a frictionless, Zero Trust approach that actually makes life easier for IT, DevOps, and security teams. In this FAQ blog post, we’re cutting through the noise to answer the most common questions about StrongDM—what it is, how it works, and why it’s the go-to platform for secure, scalable access.
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
StrongDM has created a slick new desktop client to make access management simpler and more robust.
We’ve also added a fresh crop of secret store integrations–so you can provide Zero Trust authentication to your resources without changing vendors. Keep your secrets where you like. We’ll make sure the end user never sees them.
Here’s the latest:
The New Client is Here!
With StrongDM’s new desktop client, you can now:
- Filter resources by type, health, & connection.
- Search resources by name.
- Save your most used resources for even easier access.
- Copy resource name, address, & port number.
- Scale to hundreds of thousands of resources with ease.
StrongDM supports your infrastructure today and in the future. Learn more here.
Secret Stores Integrations
Custom secret store integrations enable you to easily manage and automate the storage and rotation of credentials. Adopt StrongDM for Privileged Access Management while still leveraging your all of your current Vaults and Secret Managers.
StrongDM has added support for:
- CyberArk Conjur (new!)
- CyberArk PAM Vault (new!)
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Azure Key Vault
- GCP Secret Manager
- HashiCorp Vault
Want to learn more? Check our our full list of release notes.
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