Our Approach
Eliminate Fragmentation with One Identity Layer for Your Entire Hybrid Stack
StrongDM is the cloud-native control plane that eliminates fragmentation by providing a single, consistent layer for privileged access and runtime authorization across your entire hybrid and multi-cloud footprint. We deliver the productivity developers need with the continuous enforcement security requires.
Key Solution Differentiators:
Uniform Access Everywhere: A single access point and policy engine for any identity (human or machine) to any resource (cloud console, database, Kubernetes, server) across all environments, no more VPNs, bastion hosts, or per-cloud point solutions.
Continuous Runtime Enforcement: StrongDM’s Identity Firewall continuously governs live activity by enforcing fine-grained policy at the command and query level, instantly terminating risky sessions. This is the missing enforcement layer that goes beyond native IAM and legacy PAM.
Security at Cloud Speed: Deploy in minutes from the marketplace, scale automatically with your infrastructure, and provide developers with frictionless, credential-less access. StrongDM ensures security not only keeps pace with cloud velocity but actively accelerates it.
Capabilities Deep Dive
Our solution is built around 3 core functional areas to protect your environment from identity risk and fragmentation.
1. UNIFORM ACCESS & AUTHORIZATION
Securing a distributed environment requires a single, cohesive control layer
One Control Plane for Hybrid. Unify access and policy enforcement across AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem servers, and databases with a single, lightweight layer.
Identity-First Data Security. Enforce runtime protection for privileged data access to all databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.), data warehouses, and cloud consoles with the industry’s widest coverage.
Just-in-Time, Credential-less Access. Give developers instant, on-demand access that is automatically revoked, eliminating the need to manage, rotate, or touch static credentials and secrets.
2. CONTINUOUS RUNTIME ENFORCEMENT
Cloud-native workloads scale dynamically, requiring an automated approach to protection.
Fine-Grained Authorization. Control enforced at the command, query, or API level, not just at the resource level, to enforce least privilege throughout every session.
Real-Time Threat Prevention. Block risky actions and instantly terminate sessions if policy is violated or risk is detected, turning security from a post-incident detection tool into a real-time preventative layer.
Zero Standing Privileges. Eliminate permanent, "always-on" access rights by replacing them with ephemeral credentials and dynamic JIT authorization for human and machine identities.
3. GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT READINESS
Cloud environments require purpose-built controls to gain visibility into compliance posture. StrongDM helps you achieve and maintain compliance.
Unified Audit Trail. Capture full session recording at the command, query, and API level across every environment (cloud and on-prem) and stream unified logs to your SIEM/SOAR.
Continuous Policy Evaluation. Automate attestation, lifecycle management, and policy evaluation to meet SOC 2, PCI, and HIPAA requirements without manual effort or knowledge silos.
Developer Velocity with Enterprise Control. Seamlessly embed security into developer workflows (CLI-native access, existing tools like kubectl/psql) while the security team retains centralized policy enforcement.
Additional Privileged Access Capabilities
Extend your protection with these related solutions:
Transform Identity Security: Modernize legacy PAM (CyberArk, BeyondTrust) with StrongDM’s vault-agnostic approach and continuous authorization, without a full rip-and-replace.
Eliminate Breach Risk in Real Time: Implement a proactive security posture by eliminating credential risk with ephemeral credentials and real-time session termination to stop threats before they spread.
Developer Productivity: End the developer-vs-security trade-off with frictionless access that embeds security and audit into native DevSecOps and platform engineering workflows.