Connectors

Connecting AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes, registries, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with one read-only credential

Every scan target follows the same pattern: the third party creates a role or service account scoped to read-only access, adds it as a scan target inside its workspace, and the platform takes it from there.

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September 3, 2026 · 11 min read

01

One workspace, many scan targets

Inside its own workspace, a third party registers each account, subscription or project it wants evaluated as a scan target: an AWS account, an Azure subscription, a Google Cloud or OCI project, a Kubernetes cluster, an image registry, a Microsoft 365 tenant or a Google Workspace domain.

Each connection is tested at setup and monitored afterward, so a broken credential or a revoked role shows up as a connection-health problem before it becomes a coverage gap.

Scan Targets: connection health per account, subscription and project, with alerts aggregated by target.
Scan Targets: connection health per account, subscription and project, with alerts aggregated by target.
02

Read-only means read-only

Every connector is scoped to the minimum permission set required to read configuration, inventory and policy — never to modify, provision or delete a resource. The third party keeps full control of its own environment; the platform only observes it.

This is what makes the model deployable at scale across a portfolio of third parties without the negotiation friction that standing write access always creates.

  • AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud (OCI) accounts and projects
  • Kubernetes clusters and container image registries (Docker, ECR, GCR, ACR)
  • Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace tenants
  • Read-only credential per connector; no write access requested
03

Organizing accounts as they grow

A third party rarely has one account. Scan targets can be grouped, so alerts and score roll up by business unit, environment or provider instead of forcing the reviewer to open each account one by one.

Scan Targets — Groups: accounts grouped with alerts aggregated per group.
Scan Targets — Groups: accounts grouped with alerts aggregated per group.
04

Two ways to view the same targets

A grid view suits a large portfolio where the reviewer scans for outliers; a card view suits a focused review of a handful of accounts. Both read from the same connection state.

Scan Targets — Grid: a compact view for reviewing a large number of connected accounts at once.
Scan Targets — Grid: a compact view for reviewing a large number of connected accounts at once.
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