Keeper adds Google Chat access approval integration

Keeper Security has launched a Google Chat integration designed to manage privileged access requests and approvals from within Google Workspace, according to material supplied by the company and reported by SecurityBrief Australia.

The company says the app allows users to request access, approve requests and retrieve credentials through Google Chat, rather than moving between collaboration software and separate administrative tools. Keeper says the integration also supports secrets management, just-in-time elevation requests, endpoint privilege elevation approvals and device approvals linked to federated authentication workflows.

The tool is aimed at organisations that use Google Workspace as a primary collaboration platform. The source material states Google Workspace is used by more than nine million paying organisations worldwide, although no separate verification was provided in the supplied information.

Keeper says administrators can configure time-limited access windows, approval-routing policies, custom permission levels and audit trails tied to access decisions. Requests can include justifications, while notifications can be sent to dedicated Google Chat channels so approvers can act inside the same collaboration environment.

At a technical level, the company says the Google Chat app runs on an organisation’s existing infrastructure using Commander Service Mode. Keeper says credentials remain end-to-end encrypted and do not pass through external services, with the chat app acting as an interface layer. Chief technology officer and co-founder Craig Lurey said the aim was to embed access controls in tools teams already use, while keeping encryption and verification inside the customer’s environment.

The integration is described as available immediately to customers with active Keeper Secrets Manager or KeeperPAM licences. Pricing, regional availability details and independent security assessment results were not included in the supplied source.

The launch reflects a wider trend among security vendors to place access approvals and authentication workflows inside workplace messaging tools. That may reduce friction for administrators, but it also increases the importance of reliable verification, logging and oversight of who requested, approved and used privileged access.