Case Study: Fortune 500 Company achieves Zero Trust, Just-in-Time SSH access for Kubernetes containers with SSH.COM PrivX

A Fortune 500 Company Secures SSH connections to Container Environments with Zero Trust Privileged Access Management

Fortune 500 Company, a global online services leader with a large Docker and Kubernetes container estate spanning thousands of servers and users, faced a critical challenge: secure, scalable privileged access management that could run on-premises and keep pace with highly dynamic DevOps workflows. After evaluating options, the company selected SSH.COM’s PrivX (Just-in-Time Zero Trust PAM) to meet requirements for microservices-native automation, on-prem deployment, and tight audit and segregation-of-duty controls.

SSH.COM implemented PrivX on the customer’s in-house Kubernetes clusters, using microservices and auto-scaling SSH proxies, SCIM integration with ForgeRock IDM, and OIDC for seamless user access. The deployment delivered ephemeral JIT certificates so users never see credentials, eliminated the need for vaulting/rotating keys, preserved full on-prem data control, and scaled to support thousands of targets and users—reducing resource usage, simplifying operations, and improving security posture while lowering TCO.