Ensure access to production environment is limited

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Description

Restrict access to the production environment to a few trusted and qualified users only. The production environment is an extremely sensitive one. It directly affects the customer experience and trust in a product, which has serious effects on the organization itself. Because of this sensitive nature, it is important to restrict access to the production environment to only a few trusted and qualified users. This will reduce the risk of mistakes such as exposure of secrets or misconfiguration. This restriction also reduces the number of accounts that are vulnerable to hijacking in order to potentially harm the production environment.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Verify that the production environment is accessible only to trusted and qualified users.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Restrict access to the production environment to trusted and qualified users.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: access-controldevsecopsgitlab
Reference: CIS GitLab Benchmark v1.0.1 - 5.2.3 Ensure access to production environment is limited