Teleport 17: A Game-Changer in Scalable, Secure, and Resilient Infrastructure Access

The explosive growth of computing infrastructure has ushered in a new era of complexity for engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.

Managing access, identities, and policies across thousands—or even tens of thousands—of resources such as physical servers, multi-cloud platforms, and web apps is no small feat in itself. Managing access for thousands of human users and even more non-human users (such as CI/CD build bots and other computing automation) across all of these resources is an even more daunting task – especially for large organizations.

As businesses scale, ensuring infrastructure access remains efficient, secure, and resilient across an expanding volume of resources and users becomes a mission-critical task. Teleport 17 rises to this challenge, delivering innovative solutions to meet evolving market needs.

The scalability challenge

Large enterprises often juggle a vast array of resources spread across different platforms and regions. Traditional access solutions frequently falter under this complexity, creating inefficiencies and increasing security risks. Teleport 17 introduces significant advancements to streamline management in such environments.

A cornerstone of this release is its integration with AWS IAM Identity Center, which simplifies access management for organizations with multiple AWS accounts. AWS administrators can control AWS access using Teleport access lists which makes it easier to implement the principle of least privilege. Users can more easily log into AWS consoles across multiple AWS accounts via Teleport. By enabling the implementation of least privilege principles and temporary elevated access, this integration ensures that enterprises can manage AWS infrastructure more securely and efficiently. This expands Teleport’s existing multi-cloud support of Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Simplifying complex access policies

Managing access permissions at scale often involves cumbersome processes and introduces the potential for errors, especially in large organizations. Teleport 17 simplifies administration with nested access lists as well as hierarchical and inherited privileges. This innovation empowers teams to organize and manage access policies with ease, reducing friction while improving oversight.

Additionally, Teleport 17 enhances visibility into critical policies by alerting administrators when high-profile access rules are modified. This proactive approach strengthens control over sensitive infrastructure, minimizing the risk of unauthorized changes.

Resiliency for global mission-critical operations

In today’s globalized world, downtime isn’t an option. Teleport 17 introduces multi-region high availability with an impressive four nines uptime (99.99%) to ensure that mission-critical infrastructure remains operational. Multi-region failover across nine availability zones guarantees continuity even in the face of regional disruptions, making it an ideal choice for businesses that prioritize global availability.

This level of resiliency is essential for engineering and infrastructure teams tasked with maintaining round-the-clock operations. Coupled with 24/7 support, Teleport 17 ensures organizations can meet their reliability goals with confidence.

Securing against emerging threats

The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly, with adversaries leveraging generative AI and new identity compromise techniques to breach systems. Teleport 17 rises to meet these challenges with a suite of robust security features.

Among these are workload identities, enabling trusted communication between cloud workloads and services, and new cryptographic signature algorithms to fortify identity security. Additionally, support for external hardware private keys, such as YubiKey, offers an extra layer of protection, ensuring secure communication even in the event of a compromised identity.

Seamless interoperability across diverse environments

Modern enterprises rely on a mix of tools and platforms to support their operations. Teleport 17 deepens its integrations with solutions like Okta, Terraform Cloud, and GitHub, ensuring seamless interoperability in diverse infrastructure environments. These integrations enable organizations to unify their access strategies without disrupting existing workflows.

Conclusion

Teleport 17 is more than just an update—it’s a transformative step forward in secure infrastructure access for complex organizations. By addressing growing needs for scalability, security, and resiliency, Teleport 17 equips engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to navigate the complexities of modern infrastructure with confidence.

For businesses seeking to harden security and remove friction for engineers across their operations, Teleport 17 is the platform to trust. To learn more about the features of this release, read this blog or join the Teleport 17 launch webinar.