Single Sign-On: Enterprise Team Authentication

Transform your database snapshot workflow from individual access to secure, organization-wide collaboration. DBSnapper's SSO integration connects with your existing identity infrastructure to provide automatic team provisioning, group-based access control, and enterprise-grade security for database snapshots.

The Enterprise Access Challenge

As your development team grows, managing database snapshot access becomes complex:

🔐 Individual Account Chaos

• Manual user provisioning for each team member
• No centralized control over who accesses what data
• Difficult to onboard/offboard team members
• Password management and security becomes a burden

🚫 Security & Compliance Gaps

• No audit trail of who accessed sensitive database snapshots
• Different access levels across team members are hard to manage
• Compliance teams can't easily review data access patterns
• Potential data exposure when team members leave

⚡ Operational Bottlenecks

• IT teams become bottlenecks for database access requests
• Developers wait for manual provisioning before they can work
• No automated way to share snapshots based on project teams
• Mixed access patterns create security vulnerabilities

DBSnapper SSO: Your Identity Infrastructure, Extended

DBSnapper's SSO integration seamlessly extends your existing identity management to cover database snapshot access—no additional user management required.

🎯 Automatic Team Provisioning

Leverage Your Existing Identity Provider:

graph LR
    A[Your Identity Provider<br/>Okta, Auth0, Azure AD] --> B[SSO Groups<br/>developers, qa-team, data-analysts]
    B --> C[DBSnapper Cloud<br/>Automatic Access]
    C --> D[Sanitized Snapshots<br/>Based on Group Membership]

    E[New Team Member] --> A
    A --> |Automatic| C
    C --> |Instant Access| D

What This Means: - New hires get database access automatically based on their team assignment - Departing employees lose access immediately when deactivated in your identity system - Project teams are provisioned database access based on SSO group membership - Zero manual provisioning by IT teams for database snapshot access

🛡️ Group-Based Snapshot Sharing

Secure, intelligent access control using your organizational structure:

# Target configuration with SSO group sharing
targets:
  production_users_api:
    snapshot:
      src_url: "postgresql://readonly@prod-cluster:5432/users_api"
    storage_profile: production_s3
    sanitize:
      storage_profile: team_sanitized_s3
      override_query: |
        -- GDPR-compliant sanitization
        UPDATE users SET 
          email = CONCAT('user', id, '@example.com'),
          ssn = NULL, phone = '555-0000';
    # Only these SSO groups can access sanitized snapshots
    sso_groups: ["backend-developers", "qa-engineers"]

  financial_reports:  
    # More sensitive data - restricted access
    sso_groups: ["senior-developers", "finance-team", "compliance-auditors"]

  reference_data:
    # Broadly shared reference data
    sso_groups: ["all-engineering", "product-managers", "customer-support"]

Access Control Benefits: - Automatic sharing - Sanitized snapshots shared with authorized groups instantly - Granular permissions - Different data sensitivity levels for different teams - Organizational alignment - Access control follows your company structure - Audit compliance - Complete trail of group-based access decisions

🔍 Enterprise Audit & Compliance

Complete visibility into database snapshot access:

🏢 Compliance Ready📊 Security Monitoring🎯 Automated Compliance

Built-in audit capabilities for enterprise requirements: - Who accessed what snapshots when - Complete access logging - Group membership changes - Tracked through your identity provider - Data sanitization verification - Proof that PII was removed before sharing - Cross-system audit trails - Integration with your existing security monitoring

Integration with your existing security infrastructure:

# Security monitoring integration points:
# - SSO login events logged in your identity provider
# - DBSnapper access events logged in DBSnapper Cloud
# - Cloud storage access events logged in your storage provider
# - Complete audit trail across all systems

Compliance workflows that work with your existing processes: - Quarterly access reviews - Automated reports of who has access to what data - Data retention policies - Automatic cleanup based on your organizational policies
- Incident response - Immediate access revocation through your identity provider - Compliance evidence - Automated collection of access and sanitization proof

Supported Identity Providers

DBSnapper integrates with enterprise identity providers using OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocols:

✅ Currently Supported🚀 Enterprise Integration Process

Okta

Full integration including group membership sync, automatic provisioning, and audit logging

Complete setup guide →

Additional Providers

We're actively adding support for more enterprise identity providers

Contact us if you need a specific provider prioritized

For organizations with other identity providers:

1. Assessment - We review your identity infrastructure requirements
2. Integration Planning - Custom integration development if needed
3. Testing & Validation - Comprehensive security and functionality testing
4. Production Deployment - Guided rollout with your security team
5. Ongoing Support - Enterprise support for identity integration issues

Real-World SSO Workflows

👨‍💼 IT Administrator: SSO Setup

# 1. Configure SSO in DBSnapper Cloud
sso:
  okta:
    provider_url: https://yourcompany.okta.com
    client_id: dbsnapper-production-client
    # Groups automatically synced from your identity provider

# 2. Define group-based target access
targets:
  prod_api_database:
    sso_groups: ["backend-developers", "senior-engineers"]
    sanitize:
      sso_groups: ["backend-developers", "qa-engineers", "data-analysts"]

  staging_api_database:
    sso_groups: ["all-developers", "qa-engineers"]

👩‍💻 New Developer: Automatic Access

# Day 1: New developer joins the team

# 1. IT adds them to "backend-developers" group in Okta
# 2. They sign into DBSnapper Cloud using SSO
# 3. Automatically get access to authorized targets

dbsnapper targets
# Shows: prod_api_database, staging_api_database (based on group membership)

dbsnapper load prod_api_database
# Loads latest sanitized snapshot - no manual provisioning required

👨‍💼 Security Team: Compliance Audit

# Quarterly access review workflow:

# 1. Review SSO group membership in your identity provider
# 2. Review target access permissions in DBSnapper Cloud  
# 3. Automated audit reports show:
#    - Who accessed which snapshots when
#    - What sanitization was applied  
#    - Which SSO groups had access to what data
#    - Complete audit trail for compliance evidence

SSO Configuration Benefits

🚀 Operational Efficiency

Eliminate IT bottlenecks: - Zero manual provisioning for database snapshot access - Automatic onboarding for new team members - Instant offboarding when team members leave - Self-service access based on organizational group membership

🔒 Enhanced Security

Enterprise-grade security controls: - Centralized authentication through your existing identity provider - Multi-factor authentication inherited from your SSO configuration - Session management controlled by your organizational policies - Immediate access revocation through your identity systems

📋 Compliance & Audit

Built for enterprise compliance requirements: - Complete audit trails across all systems - Automated access reviews with group-based reporting - Data sanitization verification for privacy compliance - Integration with existing security monitoring tools

Getting Started with SSO

⚡ Quick Setup Process

1. Configure Okta Integration - Complete step-by-step setup guide
2. Define SSO Groups - Map your organizational structure to database access
3. Configure Target Sharing - Set up group-based access for your database targets
4. Test & Validate - Verify team members get appropriate access
5. Roll Out to Team - Seamless transition from individual to group-based access

🎯 Implementation Strategy

Start SmallScale GraduallyFull Deployment

Begin with a single team and one database target:

targets:
  staging_api:
    sso_groups: ["backend-team-pilot"]
    # Test with staging data first

Add more teams and production targets:

targets:
  production_api:
    sso_groups: ["backend-developers"]  # Expanded access

  analytics_warehouse:  
    sso_groups: ["data-team", "analysts"]  # New team type

Complete organizational rollout:

# Multi-environment, multi-team access control
targets:
  prod_users_api:
    sso_groups: ["senior-developers", "devops-team"]
  prod_orders_api:  
    sso_groups: ["backend-developers", "qa-engineers"]
  reference_data:
    sso_groups: ["all-engineering", "product-managers"]

Advanced SSO Features

🎛️ Dynamic Group Membership

Access automatically adjusts with organizational changes: - Project team assignments - Access follows project team membership - Role promotions - Senior developers get additional target access - Department transfers - Access rights change with organizational moves - Temporary assignments - Consultants get limited, time-bound access

🔍 Integration Monitoring

Monitor SSO integration health:

# DBSnapper provides monitoring for:
# - SSO authentication success/failure rates
# - Group membership sync status
# - Target access pattern analysis  
# - Integration performance metrics

🚨 Security Alerts

Automated security monitoring: - Unusual access patterns - Detection of abnormal snapshot access - Group membership changes - Alerts for sensitive group modifications - Failed authentication attempts - Integration with your security monitoring - Compliance violations - Automatic detection of policy violations

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Ready to enable secure team collaboration? Start with our Okta integration guide to connect your identity provider with DBSnapper Cloud.

Need complete implementation workflows? Our Team Workflows guide provides end-to-end processes showing how SSO integration enables DevOps setup, developer productivity, QA testing, and compliance workflows.

Need a different identity provider? Contact our enterprise team to discuss custom integration options for your organization.