Zero Standing Privilege
Keeper helps organisations eliminate standing privileges by replacing permanent administrative rights with Just-In-Time (JIT) access, ephemeral credentials and automated credential rotation - all from a zero-trust, zero-knowledge platform.
Every account with permanent privileged access is a target. If one gets compromised, the attacker can reach critical systems and sensitive data.
Users accumulate access and keep it after projects end. Access that was meant to be temporary becomes permanent, and over time, more people hold more access than their work requires.
Attackers can use stolen credentials to move across environments and escalate privileges, potentially leading to a wider breach.
Auditors expect least privilege to be enforced. Proving that no one holds unnecessary standing access is difficult without a system built to enforce it.
KeeperPAM eliminates standing privileges with JIT access. Users get the access a task needs, hold it only for a set window and lose it automatically when that window closes.
Privileged access doesn’t have to be automatic. KeeperPAM can route each request through an approval workflow, so a designated approver can authorise access before it’s issued. Requests may require justification and MFA, and every request, approval and denial is captured in an audit trail.
Keeper retrieves the stored credential from the Keeper Vault at session launch and injects it into the session through the customer-deployed Keeper Gateway. The user never sees or handles the underlying secret, reducing the risk of stolen or reused credentials.
Rather than leave privileged accounts in place, Keeper can create short-lived accounts on the target system for the session and remove them when the session ends. For cloud platforms and endpoints, Keeper can elevate a user’s role for the duration of the task and then automatically remove it.
Keeper discovers privileged accounts and rotates their credentials on demand or on a set schedule, so no secret sits unchanged for months.
The Keeper Gateway brokers access via an outbound-only connection to the Keeper Cloud, so no inbound ports are exposed and target systems remain unexposed. Least privilege is enforced consistently across on-premises infrastructure, hybrid environments, cloud platforms and databases.
Zero standing privilege doesn’t have to slow work down. Users launch sessions to authorised targets and work with their own native tools — SSH, RDP and database clients — while approvals move quickly without a VPN sitting in the way.
Standing accounts and shared credentials must be inventoried, provisioned, rotated and deprovisioned — typically manually. Keeper automates that lifecycle, creating access when it’s requested and revoking it when a task is completed.
Every access request, approval and session is automatically logged, with built-in reporting. Instead of manually collecting evidence during audits, security teams have a ready-made trail that demonstrates controls for frameworks such as ISO 27001, HIPAA and SOC 2.
Keeper deploys via a lightweight gateway and zero-trust architecture with no VPNs or inbound firewall changes. Its unified platform helps organisations achieve zero standing privilege without rebuilding an entire network.
KeeperPAM replaces standing privileges with JIT access, provisions credentials only when needed and can create and remove temporary accounts automatically during each session. Requests can be routed through approval workflows, and any remaining static credentials are discovered and rotated on a schedule or on demand, reducing persistent access across environments.
Least privilege focuses on limiting the scope of access, giving each user only the permissions necessary for their role. Zero standing privilege takes that further by also limiting the duration, so necessary privileges are granted temporarily and removed automatically. In simple terms, JIT access is what makes zero standing privilege possible.
No, Keeper brokers access through the Keeper Gateway using outbound-only connections and a zero-trust architecture, so JIT access can be delivered without a VPN or inbound firewall changes.
By enforcing least privilege in practice and capturing detailed audit trails of privileged activity, Keeper gives teams concrete evidence for audits and reviews. This helps address privileged access controls in frameworks such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC 2 and NIST 800-53.
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