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IAM and privileged-access controls

Identity boundaries

Identity typeAuthentication and scopePrivilege rule
Application userManaged password authentication with a signed sessionTenant, hierarchy, mapped scope, role, record ownership, and database policy determine access
Leadership and administrationSame managed identity boundary with elevated application rolesElevated menus do not replace backend authorization; sensitive actions require server or database enforcement
Serverless workloadProvider-managed runtime with server-side secretsUses elevated credentials only for a defined operation after caller and input validation
Cloudflare administratorCloudflare account identityLimited to personnel who manage domains, deployments, edge controls, and rollback
Supabase administratorSupabase organization or project identityLimited to personnel who manage data services, identities, backups, logs, and platform configuration
Monitoring administratorMonitoring-platform identityLimited to personnel who triage releases, telemetry, and incidents

Control requirements

  • grant least privilege and separate routine application use from provider administration;
  • use named human accounts; do not share administrator credentials;
  • require MFA for provider administration and review recovery methods;
  • keep privileged service credentials only in protected server or deployment configuration;
  • rotate secrets after exposure, personnel change, supplier incident, or defined expiry;
  • review privileged access at least quarterly and after role changes;
  • log privileged changes and investigate unexplained access;
  • revoke access promptly when no longer required.

Identity lifecycle

EventRequired control actionVerification evidence
JoinerCreate a named identity after approved role, tenant, and business-scope authorizationRequest, approver, assigned role, MFA state where applicable, and first-use confirmation
MoverRecalculate access when team, tenant, level, reporting line, or duties changeOld-versus-new access review and explicit removal of privileges that no longer apply
LeaverDisable application access, revoke managed identity access, transfer owned work, and remove provider membershipDeactivation time, reassignment result, provider removal, and unsuccessful post-removal access test
Privilege elevationUse a dated request with purpose, target scope, approver, and expiryBefore-and-after role evidence and completion or revocation time
Emergency accessUse a separately protected break-glass path only for declared operational needIncident reference, authorizer, actions performed, credential rotation, and post-use review
Service credential rotationCreate replacement, deploy to the approved workload, verify, revoke predecessor, and monitorRotation date, affected integrations, successful validation, and predecessor revocation

Privileged-operation invariants

  1. Provider administration uses named identities; shared personal accounts are not an acceptable operating model.
  2. Application-level leadership or menu visibility does not grant provider administration.
  3. A trusted workload validates the initiating actor and business target before using elevated credentials on the actor's behalf.
  4. Administrative recovery paths retain incident recording, authorization, and post-use review.
  5. Access reviews remove orphaned, inactive, duplicate, expired, or excessive privilege.

Periodic access-review evidence

Review fieldRequired content
IdentityNamed person or workload, provider/application boundary, employment or service status, and last activity where available
EntitlementTenant, application level, provider role, resource scope, inherited groups, service credential, and emergency access
Business justificationCurrent duties, approved request, segregation-of-duties consideration, and accountable manager
Authentication strengthMFA state, recovery path, credential age, device or SSO condition where applicable
DecisionRetain, reduce, suspend, remove, rotate, or investigate with due date and approver
VerificationAccess removal test, credential revocation, transferred work, closed session, and review completion time

Provider access is reviewed separately from application roles because a high application level does not imply platform administration, and platform administration does not create a legitimate business need to read customer records. Workload credentials are reviewed by purpose and dependent service, not assigned to a human role as if they were interactive users.

Current evidence and gaps

Application role and tenant enforcement is documented separately and current database controls were reviewed read-only. The account-level administrator roster, MFA enforcement, access-review records, emergency-access procedure, secret-rotation dates, and Cloudflare/Supabase audit logs were not available. Those items remain required operational evidence.