API Gateway Access Provisioning for Secure Data Lake Requests
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data access provisioning methods in large-scale environments are inefficient, prone to human error, and lack effective monitoring and auditing, leading to vulnerabilities and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A data protection architecture using an API gateway and automated entry and access functions to streamline access requests, integrate monitoring, and enforce security policies, reducing manual intervention and enhancing scalability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual multistep processes are used for data access provisioning, then human oversight and control are maintained, but the process becomes inefficient and prone to human error
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service access provisioning where the automated access provisioning system independently processes requests, validates credentials, checks policies, and grants or denies access without requiring manual human intervention at each step, thereby improving efficiency while maintaining reliability through systematic automation
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of access provisioning is replaced with an automated electronic system that uses software-based credential validation, policy checking, and access decision-making, eliminating human error while maintaining control through programmable security rules and automated workflows
2Productivity
If automated access provisioning is implemented, then efficiency and scalability are improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated access provisioning system is segmented into distinct functional modules including credential validation, policy checking, access decision-making, and access grant/deny execution. Each module handles a specific aspect of the provisioning process, making the overall complex system manageable through clear separation of concerns and independent component design
Solution Approach 2:
The automated access provisioning system is designed as a universal platform that can handle multiple types of access requests, various credential formats, different policy types, and diverse data resources through a single integrated architecture, reducing the need for separate systems for different access scenarios
3Reliability
If comprehensive monitoring and auditing are implemented, then security and compliance are enhanced, but the processing time and system overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
Security policies, compliance rules, and monitoring parameters are pre-configured and validated before access requests are processed. The system pre-loads policy data, establishes compliance criteria, and prepares monitoring templates in advance, so that during actual access provisioning, these pre-prepared elements can be quickly applied without adding processing delays
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring and auditing functions operate continuously and parallel to the access provisioning process rather than sequentially. While access decisions are being made, monitoring data is being collected, logged, and validated simultaneously, ensuring that security assurance is maintained without adding time to the core access provisioning workflow
Data Source
AI summary
Various examples, systems and methods are disclosed relating to access provisioning in a data lake environment. One system is a data protection system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving a request for access by a requestor comprising a payload. The operations further include initiating an endpoint command by invoking a first endpoint of a plurality of endpoints based on a first type of access requested in the request. The operations further include executing or performing an entry function of the endpoint. The operations further include executing or performing an access function. The operations further include updating the status of the request.