Assigning users to the right devices, applications, networks, VPNs, and files is a critical part of every company’s IT workflow. Get it wrong, and you’ve instantly tarnished a new hire’s experience — or worse, opened the door to security and compliance violations. With so much riding on this one component of IT or MSP work, organizations of any size need to be judicious about the identity and access management (IAM) tools they select.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a wide array of cloud computing solutions. Mastering the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is an essential skill for developers, system administrators, and cloud engineers working within its ecosystem. Amazon Linux, an open source Linux distribution provided by AWS, is optimized for running on AWS infrastructure, making it a popular choice for cloud-based applications.

Every organization has to assign privileges to its user accounts. Good security practice requires each account to have only the privileges necessary for the role it’s assigned to. Ideally, that means only a few accounts have wide-ranging privileges capable of significantly changing the organization’s security configuration. These typically include systems administrators, database administrators, and service accounts. These accounts are especially vulnerable to security and compliance risks.

PostgreSQL is one of the leading and widely used open source relational database management systems (RDBMS) that stores structured data in tables, just like MySQL. It is used by developers in their tech stacks and even by large enterprises and corporations to store website and application data. PostgreSQL uses SQL query language to store and manipulate data and also provides JSON support.

JumpCloud’s MSP partners are at the forefront of providing essential IT services to small and medium-sized businesses globally. In our interview series, we delve into conversations with these partners, exploring the dynamics of their MSPs and how JumpCloud plays a pivotal role in their operations. In today’s feature, we had the opportunity to speak again with Chris McKewon of Xceptional.

Every Active Directory (AD) admin is familiar with nested groups. Rights are assigned to objects by virtue of their location in the tree; that’s just how things work. It’s convenient and makes entitlement management easier… until you consider its lack of maturity for identity governance. What once worked well now increases security risks and management overhead. Cloud directories have the benefit of shedding that type of technical debt.

Short for High Availability Proxy, HAProxy is an open source and high-performance HTTP load balancer and proxying solution. It enhances website and application performance by distributing workloads across multiple backend web servers. This results in reduced response times, increased throughput, and high availability. Although HAProxy is free and open source, there is also a commercial option called HAProxy Enterprise.

Organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-based technology and infrastructure, expanding the number of applications users need to access. Oversight and control over employee password policies gives organizations the ability to prevent password reuse and reduce user friction. Password managers like JumpCloud and Dashlane provide security teams with the ability to enforce password policies and store complex passwords in secure vaults.

JumpCloud certifications are now available on Credly’s digital credentialing platform. Note: Credly is an end-to-end solution for creating, issuing, and managing digital credentials used by thousands of organizations to showcase knowledge and achievements. IT professionals and JumpCloud partners can now share and monitor their JumpCloud achievements through Credly, along with any other credentials they may have.