JFrog Access is a critical component for managing authentication and authorization across JFrog services, ensuring that only authorized users can access and perform actions on binaries, depending on their permissions. As part of JFrog Artifactory, Access operates seamlessly in the background without its own user interface, relying on internal REST APIs to connect with services like JFrog Xray, Mission Control, and Distribution. It offers robust security features such as managing user, group, and permission relationships, and introducing access tokens that simplify cross-instance authentication and enable non-user authentication for systems like CI/CD servers. Access tokens can be time-limited or refreshable and can include group privileges, facilitating secure and efficient access within a "circle of trust" among multiple Artifactory instances. Furthermore, Access Federation automates the synchronization of security entities across global JFrog services, streamlining complex user and permission management tasks, and supporting disaster recovery by maintaining up-to-date security configurations across all instances. Through these mechanisms, JFrog Access enhances security from development to production, embodying the DevSecOps principle of integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle.