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SendGrid

Connect SendGrid to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

Connect SendGrid to collect communications platforms evidence with automated compliance tests, switched on per workspace.

CategoryCommunications Platforms
Connect withAPI token
What a connection producesAutomated compliance tests
SendGrid's guidetwilio.com

Connect with an API token

  1. In SendGrid:

    1. In the Twilio SendGrid console, go to Settings › API Keys and click Create API Key.
    2. Enter a name in the API Key Name box.
    3. Choose Custom Access, and in the permission categories give Teammates read access only, leaving every other category at no access.
    4. Click Create & View and copy the key; the console displays it only once.

    SendGrid shows the secret only once, so copy it before you leave the page.

    SendGrid: 'The Twilio SendGrid Console displays the API key only once at creation.' Other permission options are Full Access, Billing Access and Email Address Validation Access; none is needed. The exact label of the Teammates read control in the Custom Access list was not quoted verbatim on the fetched page.

    Source: twilio.com, checked 2026-10-07.

    The permissions Safeguard needs: teammates.read.

  2. On Compliance › Connectors, open SendGrid, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:

    FieldWhat to enter
    API keyRequired. Stored encrypted and never shown again.
  3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

Safeguard's automated tests read SendGrid and map to the controls below. When a test passes, the result is evidence toward each control it maps to, in every framework listed. It is evidence toward a control, not proof that the control is met on its own.

FrameworkEvidenceControlsTests
SOC2Automated testsCC6.2, CC6.33
ISO/IEC 27001Automated testsA.5.16, A.5.18, A.6.5, A.8.23
HIPAA Security RuleAutomated tests164.308(a)(3), 164.308(a)(4)3
PCI DSSAutomated tests7.2.2, 7.2.4, 8.2.53
NIST CSF 2.0Automated testsPR.AA-01, PR.AA-053

These tests are switched on per workspace by the Safeguard team.

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