How to Setup Read-Only Access for Developers with Audit Logs
In today's fast-paced DevOps environment, ensuring that developers have secure yet efficient access to production data is critical. We have written multiple posts on why exactly this is the case, see here and here. Read-only access to production databases is often a good sweetspot to start with for troubleshooting, analytics, and various operational tasks, that in our experience solves 50%+ of all dev access requests. However, this access must be carefully managed to prevent security risks and maintain compliance. In this guide, we'll walk through how to set up read-only access for developers with comprehensive audit logging using Kviklet, so that your SOC2 or ISO 27001 auditor will be happy.
Why Read-Only Access?
Read-only access allows developers to: