Beyond JIT: Achieving True Zero Standing Privilege in Modern Identity Security

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In today’s cloud-first security landscape, reducing standing privileges is critical to protecting sensitive systems and data. While traditional Just-In-Time (JIT) access methods promise temporary access, they often fail to eliminate the underlying issue — static, long-lived permissions. To achieve Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP), organizations must move beyond access-based JIT to dynamic JIT permissioning, ensuring no privilege exists longer than it’s needed.

Most legacy Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions provide temporary access to privileged accounts but maintain persistent accounts and static permissions behind the scenes. This model still creates risk through dormant credentials, account sprawl, and overprivileged roles. True ZSP requires a paradigm shift — managing permissions dynamically rather than granting access to pre-permissioned accounts.

Britive’s modern Cloud PAM redefines this process by provisioning permissions directly to the user’s existing account — securely and temporarily. In a Salesforce example, instead of switching between regular and admin accounts, Britive allows the user to request elevated permissions only when required. Those permissions are applied instantly, used for the specific task, and automatically revoked afterward.

This approach delivers:

• Dynamic Permission Delivery: No static credentials — permissions are granted and revoked in real time.
• Zero Standing Privileges: Eliminates dormant admin access, reducing the attack surface.
• Adaptive Access Control: Permissions adjust to user roles and tasks dynamically.
• True Least Privilege Enforcement: Ensures access exists only when, and as long as, it’s needed.

By replacing static credentials with real-time permissioning, Britive’s model embodies Zero Trust principles, improves compliance, and significantly mitigates the risk of credential abuse. ZSP through JIT permissioning represents the next evolution in cloud privilege management — closing the gap between operational efficiency and airtight security.