The path to Least Privilege deployment guide – P0 Security
The way most teams handle access today is broken.
Static roles. Standing privileges. Long wait times for approvals. Manual access cleanup that
rarely happens. Security teams are underwater, and engineering teams are stuck waiting on
tickets just to do their jobs.
Meanwhile, identity has become the new perimeter—and the attack surface is exploding.
Cloud environments now hold thousands of identities, most of which are over-permissioned,
under-governed, and invisible until something goes wrong.
Just-in-time (JIT) access is the shift forward. Instead of granting standing access that lingers
indefinitely, JIT lets teams request the access they need, when they need it, and only for as
long as they need it. The result: lower risk, faster approvals, and better visibility—without
slowing anyone down.
Moving to JIT is not as simple as flipping a switch.
Most teams don’t know where to start. They aren’t sure how JIT should be implemented in
their organization, how to create policies, or how to get buy-in. Teams push back on losing
“always-on” access. Ownership is murky. And there’s the fear that security might block
progress rather than unlock it.
This guide cuts through that noise. It lays out a practical path to least privilege through JIT—
starting small, proving value, and scaling up. It’s based on what we’ve seen in the field: what
works, what doesn’t, and how teams go from concept to production.
You don’t have to boil the ocean. You just have to start.
And P0’s solution to JIT gives you a way to get there without slowing teams down or giving
attackers more surface to target.
