Cockroach Labs
Distributed SQL database foundation
cockroachlabs.comEnterprise evidence
Procurement review neededPublic information covers sso & provisioning, access controls, auditability. Still unresolved: security assurance, data handling.
9 official sources · Fresh page review · Not independently tested
Sources reviewed 2026-10-16
5 / 7 areas with published evidence · 0 independently verified
Evidence & checks
Security assuranceMixed claims — review
Cockroach Labs is certified ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 compliant, with ISO 42001 (Responsible, Ethical, and Safe AI Governance) certification pending.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
### SOC 2 Type II & SOC 3Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
### ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, and 42001Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
## ISO 27001 and ISO 27017Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Request the current audit report, scope, exceptions and expiry; confirm the vendor entity.
SSO & provisioningCompany-published
| | | | ✓ | Cluster DB console authentication with third-party Single Sign On (SSO) using OpenID Connect OIDC or SAML |Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
| | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Web console authentication with third-party Single Sign-on (SSO) using OpenID Connect OIDC |Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Test SSO enforcement, user removal and privileged-account recovery.
Access controlsCompany-published
| | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | SQL Role-based access control (RBAC) |Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
| | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Role-based access control (RBAC) |Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Test least-privilege roles and cross-tenant access with separate test accounts.
AuditabilityCompany-published
On GCP, it is recorded in Cloud Audit Logs for the project.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Verify administrative and data-access events, retention and export.
Data handlingMixed claims — review
CockroachDB supports GDPR compliance requirements including Data Residency, Right to Access, Right to Be Forgotten, and Privacy by Design with distributed SQL transactions and features such as Regional by Row, Referential Integrity, and global SELECT-DELETE.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Since June 4, 2021, Cockroach Labs’ DPA relies on Standard Contractual Clauses to address Privacy Shield invalidation on July 16, 2020.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Any defined terms which are not defined in this DPA are as defined in the Agreement.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Review DPA, subprocessors, retention, deletion, residency and AI training use.
Reliability & supportCompany-published
See Disaster Recovery.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Security Incident Response ManagementReviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Request SLA, incident history, recovery targets and support escalation terms.
Product effectivenessCompany-published
In Cockroach Labs' Performance Under Adversity benchmarking (as of September 2025), CockroachDB was 5x more resilient than Oracle GDD, measured by minutes of outage under adverse conditions.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Cockroach Labs has worked with CIS to build CockroachDB Benchmarks as a blueprint for customers to deploy hardened CockroachDB configurations.Reviewed 2026-10-16View source
Before relying on it
Run a representative pilot against your current workflow; measure errors, missed cases, time saved and human review cost.
Published claims are not verified controls. No hands-on performance or security testing has been performed.
What we know
CockroachDB provides row-level security, geo-partitioning for data residency, and per-agent isolation for production AI state management.
Worth asking
How can organizations effectively balance high-frequency transactional agent state with long-term, archival institutional knowledge?
Sources
- Cockroach Labs | Continuum built on CockroachDB the agentic distributed cloud database estatecockroachlabs.com
- Trust Center | Cockroach Labswww.cockroachlabs.com
- Cockroach Labswww.cockroachlabs.com
- Data Processing Addendumwww.cockroachlabs.com
- Regulatory Compliance in CockroachDB Cloud - CockroachDBdocs.cockroachlabs.com
- Security and Compliance in BYOC - CockroachDBdocs.cockroachlabs.com
- CockroachDB - Scalable distributed SQL now in a few clicks | Cockroach Labswww.cockroachlabs.com
- Cockroach Labswww.cockroachlabs.com
Evidence details
Enterprise controls
Cockroach Labs is certified ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 compliant, with ISO 42001 (Responsible, Ethical, and Safe AI Governance) certification pending ### SOC 2 Type II & SOC 3 Cockroach Labs annually certifies its systems to meet AICPA SOC 2 Type II, and AICPA SOC 3 which audits the operational and security processes of our service and our company
Developer access
API availability has not been verified.
Last checked Oct 16, 2026
Company-published evidence, not an independent audit. Unknown means unverified.