Access that proves it closed
Grant expiry creates a verifiable end state — the access window is in the audit log, the revocation is in the audit log, and the audit log shows exactly what was reached during the grant.
Solutions · Partner Access
Controlled access for vendors, partners, and external operators.
Grant external operators exactly what they need, for exactly as long as they need it — with a full audit trail and automatic expiry.
External access that closes when the work is done.
Vendor and partner access is one of the most common sources of standing privilege. NetSeed treats external operator access as a temporary grant with a defined boundary — not a long-lived credential that gets shared, forgotten, and never revoked.
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Time-boxed grants Access windows open on approval and close automatically at expiry — no manual cleanup required.
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Approval-gated access Partner requests pass through an approval step before a grant is issued. Nothing opens on request alone.
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Restricted service boundary The partner sees one service — not the surrounding subnet. Lateral movement is not possible without a separate, explicit grant.
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Full operation audit trail Every session — identity, device, destination, policy, bytes — is recorded. Revocation events are captured too.
How it works
Request, approve, access, expire.
Partner access follows a defined lifecycle from request to audit record. Each stage is gated — no stage is skipped, no access persists past the window.
Request
The external operator or an internal contact submits an access request — specifying the service, the purpose, and the required window.
Approve
An internal approver reviews and approves the request. The grant is issued only after approval — not on request alone.
Scoped grant
NSD issues a time-limited grant scoped to the named service. The partner authenticates and reaches exactly that service — nothing adjacent is in scope.
Auto-expire
When the grant window closes, the access path closes with it. No sessions linger, no credentials remain valid, no manual cleanup is needed.
Audit record
The full grant lifecycle — approval, sessions, bytes, revocation — is captured as structured records and available for export to your SIEM or compliance archive.
The difference
No standing access, no shared credentials.
One service, not a subnet
The partner credential is scoped to a named service. They cannot enumerate adjacent systems or reach anything outside the grant boundary.
Expiry by design
Access windows are finite from the start. There is no indefinite grant to audit or forget — the system closes what it opened.
Grant-to-close trail
Every partner session is a structured audit record. Security teams can reconstruct exactly what was reached, when, and for how long — without log archaeology.