How we are different

StrongDM seeks to do one thing: make it easy for technical employees to securely access the infrastructure they need. For engineering and DevOps, that means delivering a clear understanding of exactly what they have access to and providing that access in just a few clicks. For security teams, that means understanding who has access to which systems, being able to provision and de-provision in real-time and even watching video replays of what individuals are doing on specific systems.

While many identity solutions also deliver simple access to internal and web applications, one major area has been missed–infrastructure. That’s because individual pieces of your infrastructure often have different protocols and workflows to gain access. This is the problem that StrongDM addresses. It provides a simple and uniform way for technical employees to access virtually every tool in the stack–whether it’s a database, server, cloud-based, or even Kubernetes cluster.

Traditional Privileged Access Management (PAM) products often focus on one area–privileged users. StrongDM extends this model to virtually every technical user in your environment. This reduces the breach surface by tracking every user with access to backend infrastructure–not only the admins or privileged users. And it does this while simplifying the workflow needed for those end users to access the systems they need.