Case Study: Forbes achieves zero standing privileges and faster cloud access with Britive

Forbes eliminates 54K+ standing privileges in under 4 weeks with Britive

Forbes, a major media publisher, faced significant challenges with manual and slow cloud access provisioning for its developers and business intelligence analysts after migrating to Google Cloud. This process, which took several days and often resulted in standing privileges or over-privileged accounts, delayed onboarding and introduced security risks. To address this, Forbes sought a DevOps-friendly solution and turned to Britive for its automated Just-in-Time (JIT) access provisioning service.

Britive implemented its API-first JIT access solution for Forbes in under four weeks. The solution automated the granting and revoking of temporary privileges across GCP, BigQuery, Looker, and Okta, eliminating over 54,000 standing privileges. This provided Forbes with granular, time-bound access control, increased developer efficiency, and freed its security team from manual processes. Britive's solution enabled secure, rapid access for over 70 developers and the BI team across 978 GCP projects, aligning with Zero Trust principles and significantly reducing the risk of data breaches.

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