SIG Lite Control IAM-09 Extractive Review Standard

How to answer 'How are SSH keys and production bastion access controlled?' on a SIG Lite

Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls

State if direct SSH is disabled in favor of session managers (e.g., AWS SSM, Teleport, Cloudflare Access) with short-lived ephemeral certificates.

Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit

Compliant Response Template
Direct SSH access with static keys is disabled. Production access requires ephemeral certificates issued via our centralized identity-aware proxy with session logging enabled (SOC 2, CC6.1).

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