Database access integration

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Adaptive's Google Cloud Spanner integration enables authenticated, auditable access to Spanner databases without sharing credentials.

Databases

How Adaptive works with Google Cloud Spanner

Adaptive's Google Cloud Spanner integration enables authenticated, auditable access to Spanner databases without sharing credentials.

Use Google Cloud Spanner with Adaptive to give database administrators, engineers, support teams and AI agents a governed workflow for database instances and the data they contain. Instead of relying on long-lived database passwords and connection secrets, teams get identity-aware controls and a connected record for review.

Adaptive brokers native database connections, applies the approved role and attributes activity to the authenticated identity.

Every request is evaluated against the database roles and authorization profiles approved for each identity. Teams can then use evidence covering database connections, sessions and query activity without piecing together identity, approval and resource records from separate systems.

Access controls

What Adaptive adds to Google Cloud Spanner

Credential-less connections

For Google Cloud Spanner, broker database sessions without placing reusable database credentials in users' tools, scripts or agent environments.

Scoped database roles

For Google Cloud Spanner, apply the approved database role or authorization profile for the identity and task instead of granting broad standing access.

Query-level accountability

For Google Cloud Spanner, associate database activity with the requesting identity and preserve a searchable trail for investigations and reviews.

Implementation model

How access works

Keep the tools your team already uses while Adaptive provides the identity, policy, approval and audit layer around Google Cloud Spanner.

1
Connect the database
Register the Google Cloud Spanner endpoint with Adaptive while keeping it private from end users and agents.
2
Define access policy
Specify who can connect, which role they receive, and whether an approval or time limit is required.
3
Open a native session
The approved user connects with their normal database client while Adaptive brokers authentication.
4
Review activity
Security and data teams inspect session and query evidence from a central audit trail.

Common workflows

Use cases for Google Cloud Spanner

Temporary production troubleshooting
Audited DBA and vendor access
Governed database access for AI agents
Sensitive-data investigations and compliance reviews

FAQ

Google Cloud Spanner integration questions

What does the Adaptive Google Cloud Spanner integration do?

Adaptive's Google Cloud Spanner integration enables authenticated, auditable access to Spanner databases without sharing credentials.

How does Adaptive protect access to Google Cloud Spanner?

Adaptive brokers native database connections, applies the approved role and attributes activity to the authenticated identity. Adaptive evaluates access against the database roles and authorization profiles approved for each identity and records database connections, sessions and query activity for review.

Who can use the Google Cloud Spanner integration?

The integration is designed for database administrators, engineers, support teams and AI agents. Access can be limited by identity, resource, approval status and time window.

What audit evidence is available for Google Cloud Spanner?

Adaptive connects the authenticated identity and approval context with database connections, sessions and query activity, giving security and compliance teams one record to investigate and review.

Databases