Integrating PostgreSQL

Capabilities

Cyera's PostgreSQL integration provides the following capabilities:

Product	Capability
Cyera Privacy	Request Types Access, Deletion, Do Not Sell/Share, Identifiers Identifier Categories Any
Live Data Map	Data Discovery

Before You Start

To successfully configure this integration, please ensure you have sufficient privileges:

• PostgreSQL User Role: Admin
• Secrets Manager: Write Access

Connecting with RM Agent

The Cyera Privacy Agent allows you to automate Data Subject Requests by connecting to internal systems within your network, and without requiring ingress from the public network.

The Agent connects to your PostgreSQL instance using least privileged credentials that you will create and store in a secrets manager. When configuring the PostgreSQL integration in Cyera, only the location of that secrets manager entry will be referenced (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager ARN), which ensures that no secrets are shared directly with Cyera.

Prerequisites

Before you can connect to PostgreSQL, ensure the following:

• RM Agent is deployed and connected in Cyera.
• Network is configured to allow the Agent to connect with the PostgreSQL instance.

Create and Store Credentials

1. In PostgreSQL, create a new user for the agent. Only grant the minimum necessary permissions for executing the request.

2. Configure the following JSON key-value pairs:

   {
     "user": "<agent user>",
     "password": "<agent password>",
     "host": "<server domain name or IP address>",
     "port": "<port, e.g. 5432>",
     "dbname": "<database name>"
   }

3. Store the JSON value in your secrets manager with an entry name like cyera.rm-agent.postgres.

4. Ensure that the agent is configured to retrieve the value of this secrets manager entry.

Add the Agent Integration

1. In Cyera, navigate to Agents and select your Agent.
2. In the top right, select Add New Integration and search for PostgreSQL.
3. Under Enabled Capabilities and Enabled Identifiers, select only those that will be used for this integration.
4. Enter the Credentials Location (e.g. AWS Secrets Manager ARN).
5. Select the Data Retrieval behavior for deletion requests.
   warning

   When using Retrieve Data, the data reviewed may not be exactly what is deleted due to the access and deletion logic executing separately!

6. Under Agent Query Configuration, add request logic to be executed within PostgreSQL for all enabled request types.
   Query Parameter Format

   Use pyformat paramstyle when formatting query parameters with identifiers (e.g., email, user_id).

   Example:

   SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = %(email)s

7. Finally, select Configure Integration. Wait a few moments to ensure that the connection is successful. For failed connections, review the Agent container logs for additional details.