How does JIT VM access feature of Azure Security Center work?
Experience Level: Senior
Tags: Azure CloudAzure Security Center
Answer
- Enable JIT on your VMs - You can enable JIT with your own custom options for one or more VMs using Azure Security Center, PowerShell, or the REST API. Alternatively, you can enable JIT with default, hard-coded parameters, from Azure virtual machines. When enabled, JIT locks down inbound traffic to your Azure VMs by creating a rule in your network security group.
- Request access to a VM that has JIT enabled - The goal of JIT is to ensure that even though your inbound traffic is locked down, Security Center still provides easy access to connect to VMs when needed. You can request access to a JIT-enabled VM from Azure Security Center, Azure virtual machines, PowerShell, or the REST API.
- Audit the activity - To ensure your VMs are secured appropriately, review the accesses to your JIT-enabled VMs as part of your regular security checks.
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