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  • ABOUT APONO
    • Why Choose Apono
    • Security and Architecture
    • Glossary
  • GETTING STARTED
    • How Apono Works
    • Getting started
    • Access Discovery
    • Integrating with Apono
  • CONNECTORS AND SECRETS
    • Apono Integration Secret
    • High Availability for Connectors
    • Installing a connector with Docker
    • Manage integrations
    • Manage connectors
    • S3 Storage
  • AWS ENVIRONMENT
    • AWS Overview
    • Apono Connector for AWS
      • Installing a connector on EKS Using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in AWS
      • Installing a connector on AWS ECS using Terraform
    • AWS Integrations
      • Integrate an AWS account or organization
        • Auto Discover AWS RDS Instances
        • AWS Best Practices
      • Amazon Redshift
      • RDS PostgreSQL
      • AWS RDS MySQL
      • Integrate with EKS
      • AWS Lambda Custom Integration
      • EC2 via Systems Manager Agent (SSM)
  • AZURE ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for Azure
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using Azure CLI
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using PowerShell
      • Install an Azure connector on ACI using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in Azure
    • Azure Integrations
      • Integrate with Azure Management Group or Subscription
        • Auto Discover Azure SQL Databases
      • Azure MySQL
      • Azure PostgreSQL
      • Integrate with AKS
  • GCP ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for GCP
      • Installing a GCP connector on Cloud Run using CLI
      • Installing a GCP connector on GKE using CLI (Helm)
      • Installing a GCP connector on GKE using Terraform
      • Updating a connector in Google Cloud
    • GCP Integrations
      • Integrate a GCP organization or project
      • CloudSQL - MySQL
      • CloudSQL - PostgreSQL
      • Google Cloud Functions
      • Integrate with GKE
      • AlloyDB
  • KUBERNETES ENVIRONMENT
    • Apono Connector for Kubernetes
      • Installing a connector on Kubernetes with AWS permissions
      • Updating a Kubernetes connector
    • Kubernetes Integrations
      • Integrate with Self-Managed Kubernetes
  • ADDITIONAL INTEGRATIONS
    • Databases and Data Repositories
      • Microsoft SQL Server
      • MongoDB
      • MongoDB Atlas
      • MongoDB Atlas Portal
      • MySQL
      • Oracle Database
      • PostgreSQL
      • RabbitMQ
      • Redis Cloud (Redislabs)
      • Snowflake
      • Vertica
      • MariaDB
    • Network Management
      • SSH Servers
      • RDP Servers
      • Windows Domain Controller
      • AWS EC2 SSH Servers
      • Azure VM SSH Servers
      • Installing the Apono HTTP Proxy
    • Development Tools
      • GitHub
      • Rancher
    • Identity Providers
      • Okta SCIM
      • Okta Groups
      • Okta SSO for Apono logins
      • Google Workspace (Gsuite)
      • Google Workspace (GSuite) Groups
      • Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID)
      • Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) Groups
      • Jumpcloud
      • JumpCloud Groups
      • OneLogin
      • OneLogin Group
      • LDAP Groups
      • The Manager Attribute in Access Flows
      • HiBob
      • Ping Identity SSO
    • Incident Response Integrations
      • incident.io
      • Opsgenie
      • PagerDuty
      • VictorOps (Splunk On-Call)
      • Zenduty
    • ChatOps Integrations
      • Slack integration
      • Teams integration
      • Backstage Integration
    • Secret Management
      • 1Password
  • WEBHOOK INTEGRATIONS
    • Webhooks Overview
    • Anomaly Webhook
    • Audit Log Webhook
    • Request Webhook
      • Custom Webhooks
      • Communications and Notifications
        • Slack Outbound Webhooks
        • Teams
        • Outlook and Gmail (Using Azure Logic App)
      • ITSM
        • Freshdesk
        • Jira
        • ServiceNow
        • Zendesk
        • Freshservice
        • ServiceDesk Plus
      • Logs and SIEMs
        • Coralogix
        • Datadog
        • Logz.io
        • Grafana
        • New Relic
        • SolarWinds
        • Sumo Logic
        • Cortex
        • Logpoint
        • Splunk
        • Microsoft Sentinel
      • Orchestration and workflow builders
        • Okta Workflows
        • Torq
    • Integration Webhook
    • Webhook Payload References
      • Audit Log Webhook Payload Schema Reference
      • Webhook Payload Schema Reference
    • Manage webhooks
    • Troubleshoot a webhook
    • Manual Webhook
      • ITSM
        • PagerDuty
  • ACCESS FLOWS
    • Access Flows
      • What are Access Flows?
    • Create Access Flows
      • Self Serve Access Flows
      • Automatic Access Flows
      • Access Duration
    • Manage Access Flows
      • Right Sizing
    • Revoke Access
    • Dynamic Access Management
      • Resource and Integration Owners
    • Common Use Cases
      • Ensuring SLA
      • Protecting PII and Customer Data
      • Production Stability and Management
      • Break Glass Protocol
    • Create Bundles
    • Manage Bundles
  • ACCESS REQUESTS AND APPROVALS
    • Slack
      • Requesting Access with Slack
      • Approving Access with Slack
      • Reviewing historical requests with Slack
    • Teams
      • Requesting Access with Teams
      • Approving Access with Teams
    • CLI
      • Install and manage the Apono CLI
      • Requesting Access with CLI
    • Web Portal
      • Requesting Access with the Web Portal
      • Approving Access with the Web Portal
      • Reviewing historical requests with the Web Portal
    • Freshservice
    • Favorites
  • Inventory
    • Inventory Overview
    • Inventory
    • Access Scopes
    • Risk Scores
    • Apono Query Language
  • AUDITS AND REPORTS
    • Activity Overview
      • Activity
      • Create Reports
      • Manage Reports
    • Compliance: Audit and Reporting
    • Auditing Access in Apono
    • Admin Audit Log (Syslog)
  • HELP AND DEBUGGING
    • Integration Status Page
    • Troubleshooting Errors
  • ARCHITECTURE AND SECURITY
    • Anomaly Detection
    • Multi-factor Authentication
    • Credentials Rotation Policy
    • Periodic User Cleanup & Deletion
    • End-user Authentication
    • Personal API Tokens
  • User Administration
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Reference
    • Create Identities
    • Manage Identities
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  • Apono and AWS
  • Apono and GCP
  • Apono and Azure

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  1. ABOUT APONO

Security and Architecture

Apono helps you manage just-in-time access in a secure, least privilege way

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Overview

Apono was built and designed with security in mind so that any company is able to use it in their environment.

We applied the same least privilege principles to our product that Apono unlocks for its users:

  • Ensure users receive just the right amount of permissions they need

  • Ensure users receive access only for the limited time they need them

Security

Apono's secure architecture

The Apono platform is built by two separate components:

  • The Web App

  • The Connector

The web app continuously receives basic data about users, resources and permissions from the connector.

The connector is fully deployed within the organization’s environment and has a limited set of template functions that can be invoked and are fully in the organization control.

This architecture ensures high reliability as well as segregation of environments, keeping any access to the environment within the environment.

The Web App security

Our web app is a portal for admins to create and manage integrations and Access Flows.

The portal:

  • Could only be accessed by admins of the system who've authenticated using the organizational identity provider.

  • Doesn't require access to the organization's environment resources. No roles, permissions, privileges, or actions are granted to the app.

  • Integrates with the organizational identity provider as the source of truth for the organizational identities.

  • Doesn't access your data or environment, and only communicates with the Apono connector.

The Connector security

Our connector is a component you install in your cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes). It communicates with your cloud services and cloud apps using, but not caching or storing, your secrets.

The connector:

  • Is completely within the organization's control, as it is installed in your cloud provider.

  • Can be uninstalled or disconnected at any time without support from Apono.

  • Uses fully visible template functions, mutable by the organization’s environment owner. These functions limit the ability of the connector to only invoke specific actions that are predefined.

  • Has no permissions to access the data itself.

  • Does not store any secrets.

👍 The Apono Connector is High Availability

No downtime, no outages, no problem!

Your data

When you integrate your cloud applications and IdP with Apono, Apono syncs metadata and configuration information continuously. We only sync basic information needed for access management: users, groups, resources and permissions.

Apono:

  • Does not read your data, like datasets, files, documents, code, etc.

  • Does not collect any personal data about your employees, Apono only requires a user's email address.

  • Does not store or cache secrets or credentials.

Secrets

Apono does not store or cache any of your secrets.

When a data sync is required, the connector gets the secret from your cloud's Secret Store to access the data it needs. After authenticating, the secret is not saved anywhere.

👍 Credentials rotation as often as you need

Architecture

Apono and AWS

Apono and GCP

Apono and Azure

Our method helps ensure uptime for your Apono integrations as users request access. Several connector instances will continue provisioning and deprovisioning access as needed.

When granting access to users, Apono enforces password reset and credentials rotation out of the box to meet the strictest compliance and security standards. Read more .

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