Sym

Access management as code.

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· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Link resources in Terraform. Define access rules and workflows in Python. Supports simple approve/deny rules with approvals managed through Slack. But also allows sophisticated rules with routing to teams, auto approval based on who is on call, remove access or de-escalate privileges on events e.g. after going off-call or after a time. Full audit logs.

Tradeoffs

Requires use of Terraform e.g. no support for AWS CDK. Only supports writing rules in Python.

Topics covered: Audit logs

Is Sym a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2023-02-23. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers who use Python should consider Sym for access management tasks

Why consider it

Sym allows developers to define access rules and workflows in Python

Keep in mind

Sym's main limitation is that it only supports writing rules in Python

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