Snowflake Admin Series: Authentication Policies | Rajiv Gupta Learn Everyday

Authentication policies help you take control on how you want a particular user /client to connect. This narrow down the security perimeter and scope of security lapse by reducing their diameter of access ways. Restrict client/user to choose one or multiple ways they can connect to snowflake using Snowsight or Classic Console, drivers, or SnowSQL (CLI client). You can also decide on the allowed authentication methods, such as SAML, passwords, OAuth, or Key pair authentication. If you have multiple IDP setup for a particular user, you can also decide to allow/restrict them to use either of them or both.