Time-Based Access
Time-based access is access to an app, or admin rights within it, that is granted with an end date. In Cakewalk, the requester sets a duration, the approver can shorten it and after the end date Cakewalk creates a Remove Access request automatically.
Why It Matters
Most access is granted with no end in sight. A contractor finishes a project, an engineer closes an incident or a teammate stops covering for a colleague on leave. The access each of them needed often stays in place after the reason for it is gone. Removing it depends on someone remembering. Time-based access settles the end at the moment of the request instead.
In Cakewalk, the person requesting access chooses how long they need it. The approver can shorten that duration. After the end date, Cakewalk creates a Remove Access request on its own. In apps set up for Agent Cake, Cakewalk's auto-provisioning agent, the account is then removed. In other apps a person handles the removal. Admin rights do not drop back on their own, because resetting them becomes a task for the app owner.
Time-based access is related to just-in-time access, the privileged access model that grants elevated rights for the length of one task. Time-based access puts an end date on any access a person requests, whether that is an app account or admin rights, while just-in-time access describes elevation that lasts only as long as the work that needed it.