The Corma integration for Looker brings Looker accounts under Corma's access governance: IT knows who can reach dashboards and the business data behind them, and removes that access when people change roles or leave. Looker is a cloud-based business intelligence and data analytics platform used by data, product and operations teams to explore data, build dashboards and share insights across the organization.
Where does Looker access management go wrong without integration?
Looker access spreads quickly across teams, and with it access to sensitive business data. That makes Looker a critical tool to bring under centralized identity governance.
- Setup and maintenance that consume engineering time: custom API connections to Looker require mapping data schemas, handling authentication and updating connectors whenever Looker changes its API.
- Licenses that accumulate faster than they get cleaned up: without a live sync between HR and Looker, permissions from previous roles and departed employees pile up.
- Former employees with active Looker accounts: when offboarding is processed in HR but nothing triggers Looker deactivation downstream, ex-employees keep access to dashboards and company data.
- Risks that grow with each integration point: without centralized oversight, Looker accounts accumulate elevated rights over time, and since Looker sits on core business data, excess permissions carry a high risk.
- No visibility into actual Looker usage: without integration, you cannot know which Looker licenses are in use, which are dormant and where license reclaim can reduce spend.
How Corma automates Looker access control
- The right access on day one: Corma reads the role, team and department of each new HR record and provisions matching Looker access through automated provisioning.
- Offboarding that completes itself: Corma monitors termination and end-date records in your HR system and starts Looker account deactivation, which avoids orphaned accounts and lingering credentials.
- Permissions that reflect current roles: role-based templates tied to HR and identity data match each employee's Looker permissions to their actual position, not to every role they have held.
- A record of every access change: every provisioning event, permission update and deactivation is captured in Corma's audit log as timestamped evidence for GDPR, SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
- Live visibility into Looker access: Corma's dashboard shows HR status, identity profile, active Looker access, license usage and recent activity, so teams can spot dormant accounts, permission mismatches and unused seats.
For seats and spend, see Looker license management and Looker cost management.
Who benefits most from the Corma Looker integration?
- IT administrators who need Looker governance without extra workload.
- HR teams who want Looker access to follow onboarding, offboarding and role changes.
- Data, product and operations teams who need Looker access that matches their current role.
- Security and compliance teams who need oversight of access to business data and audit-ready reporting.
Frequently asked questions
How does Corma connect to Looker?
Once Looker and your identity provider are linked, Corma starts reflecting access data and applies your provisioning and offboarding rules to Looker accounts.
Does our team need specialist knowledge to implement this?
No. Corma relies on pre-built connectors and a straightforward setup that an IT team can manage alone, with no external consultants or specialist certifications.
How is employee data kept secure during the Looker integration?
Corma requests only the minimum permissions the integration needs, encrypts stored credentials and lets you revoke access at any point. Data is stored on AWS in data centers inside the European Union and encrypted in transit and at rest, and Corma maintains ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.
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