Overview

Enterprises are dealing with massive increases in complexity through a combination of shifts to the cloud, modernization of their IT stack, the growth of hybrid or mixed infrastructure environments, and the increase in remote work. At the same time, the concept of a network perimeter is dissolving as organizations realize the limitations of that method of security. To solve these challenges, Teleport provides the only cloud-native, identity-based infrastructure access solution for modern workloads running in mixed environments.

The open-source Teleport Access Plane consolidates the four essential infrastructure access capabilities every security-conscious organization needs: connectivity, authentication, authorization and audit. By consolidating all aspects of infrastructure access into a single platform, Teleport reduces attack surface area, cuts operational overhead, easily enforces compliance and improves productivity. The Teleport Access Plane replaces VPNs, shared credentials, and legacy privileged access management technologies which improves security and engineering productivity.

Teleport’s approach to infrastructure access has accelerated their customer’s growth. For example, growing a SaaS business means bringing on new verticals and selling more to existing customers. But as a business moves up-market, the stakes change — they have to comply with HIPAA, FedRamp, or GDPR regulations, and pass rigorous audits like SOC 2 before signing on new customers. When it comes time to IPO, the stack will be scrutinized, and they will need to demonstrate rigorous access controls, authn and authz workflows, and auditability. ​​Teleport enables SaaS providers to easily demonstrate Access, Identification, Authentication, and Audit controls necessary to show necessary compliance. By providing an identity-aware access solution that developers love to use, organizations can easily implement security and compliance without worrying about backdoors that outmoded solutions encourage. Teleport is used by SaaS companies such as Snowflake, Elastic, Gitlab, and many more.