About Splunk Secure Gateway

Splunk Secure Gateway is included in Splunk Cloud version 8.1.2103 and higher and Splunk Enterprise version 8.1.0 and higher. To view the Splunk Secure Gateway version that's associated with each Splunk platform version, see the Splunk Secure Gateway release notes.

Mobile device users can register their devices so they can authenticate to Splunk platform instances. Admins can configure their mobile app deployment for the Connected Experiences apps. Splunk Secure Gateway also serves as the back-end infrastructure for delivering messages over a secure cloud-based bridge. This back-end infrastructure is called Spacebridge. Splunk Secure Gateway is installed on all members of the search head cluster.

To learn more about Spacebridge and the Connected Experiences apps that are compatible with Splunk Secure Gateway, see About the Splunk Secure Gateway security process.

Spacebridge has been certified to meet SOC2, Type 2 and ISO 27001 standards. Splunk Cloud customers who have specifically purchased a HIPAA or PCI-DSS regulated environment may transmit the applicable regulated data to Spacebridge as it is HIPAA and PCI-DSS compliant. Spacebridge may not be used in environments that require the FIPS 140-2 standard for cryptographic modules. See Splunk Secure Gateway and Spacebridge Compliance Standards to learn more.

Features

Splunk Secure Gateway offers the following features:

Feature	Description
Enable the Connected Experiences mobile apps	Splunk Secure Gateway is a required companion app for the following Splunk Connected Experiences mobile apps: Splunk Mobile for iOS and Android Splunk AR for iOS The Splunk Edge Hub product suite Splunk for iPad (EOL as of May 17, 2023) Splunk TV for Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV (EOL as of May 17, 2023) Splunk TV Companion (EOL as of May 17, 2023)
Log into a Splunk platform instance from a mobile devices	Users can securely authenticate to a Splunk platform instance from their mobile devices using a Connected Experiences mobile app. Splunk Secure Gateway supports the following authentication methods: Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Mobile Device Management (MDM) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) local authentication LDAP and local authentication do not require additional configuration.
Configure and mangage your Splunk Connected Experiences mobile deployment	Manage logged in devices, notifications, mobile dashboard permissions, and authentication methods in Splunk Secure Gateway.

Migrate from Splunk Cloud Gateway to Splunk Secure Gateway

If you're already using the Connected Experiences apps with Splunk Cloud Gateway, see the following information for transitioning the mobile apps.

See Migrate from Splunk Cloud Gateway to Splunk Secure Gateway for important migration information and how to copy your Splunk Cloud Gateway data over to Splunk Secure Gateway.

Get started with Splunk Secure Gateway

See Get started with Splunk Secure Gateway for the requirements and steps for getting started with Splunk Secure Gateway.