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Aembit Automates Identity-Based Access Management for GitLab

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BusinessHonor - Aembit: Identity Access for GitLab Simplified

Business Honor
02 September, 2025

Aembit secures GitLab pipelines with dynamic credentials and policy-driven identity-based access control.

Aembit has launched a new feature that improves how organizations manage access to GitLab and other CI/CD platforms. Instead of relying on motionless credentials like personal access tokens (PATs) that can be forgotten, leaked or misused, Aembit now provides dynamic, just-in-time credentials. These are created only when needed and mechanically removed afterward.

This approach uses identity federation, meaning each GitLab job or runner is cryptographically verified before it gets access. Access is then provided in accordance with explicit policies such as who is requesting it, when, when and why. This guarantees that sensitive resources are only accessed by the appropriate non-human identities (such as automated CI/CD jobs) and for the duration required. Additionally, as necessary Aembit automatically creates and removes GitLab service accounts. This lessens the possibility that accounts with excessive or unused permissions may be misused.

All of this helps teams enforce least privilege, one of the core principles of IAM that is giving only the necessary access for the shortest time possible. Security team’s benefit from full audit logs that show that accessed what and when. Developers benefit from less manual work as no more managing or rotating secrets. Credentials are injected directly into the job and disappear after use.

Aembit’s new GitLab integration supports both cloud and self-hosted environments. It also includes a GitLab CI/CD component to make setup easier and safer. As more companies adopt CI/CD at scale, managing identity and access for machines for not just people but also becoming a top priority. Aembit’s solution shows how IAM is evolving to meet these modern needs by automating secure, identity-based access for every step in the development pipeline.