Add-on Controls for Heroku Teams

At Heroku, trust and security are top priorities and we’ve been steadily adding more security controls to the platform. Recently, we launched SSO for Heroku Teams, and today, we’re excited to announce more enhancements for teams: add-on controls. Previously, this feature was only available to Heroku Enterprise customers.

The Elements Marketplace has add-ons built by our partners that help teams accelerate app development on Heroku. Add-ons can interact with your team's data and apps, so it's important to manage and audit which add-ons your team uses. Enabling add-on controls helps keep your data and apps protected, so you can remain compliant...

Today, we're pleased to introduce a security feature addition for Heroku pay-as-you-go customers: Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO makes it easy to centralize and manage access to all the various tools and services used by your employees. Previously, SSO was only available for Heroku Enterprise. SSO improves the employee experience in several ways. You can use any identity provider (IdP) with built-in SSO support for Heroku, or custom authentication solutions that support the SAML 2.0 standard.

Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation

Usernames and passwords are prime targets for cybercriminals. Frequently, individuals use the same password across multiple platforms. In the event of a security...

TLS and HTTPS encryption have become foundational primitives and a requirement for running any app or service on the internet. Many Heroku customers told us through our public roadmap to make Heroku Automated Certificate Management available to all dyno types, including our Eco subscription. We're thrilled to announce that Automatic Certificate Management(ACM) and manual certificate support are now available for apps running on Eco dynos. You can manually add certificates, or use Heroku ACM to make getting set up with https quick and simple.

Certificates handled by ACM automatically renew one month before they expire. New certificates are created automatically whenever you add or...

Heroku is improving the cost-effectiveness of Heroku Enterprise with the addition of Basic dynos. Now, Enterprise customers can unlock the power of Basic dynos on the Common Runtime. Basic dynos enable seamless app development and testing on the Heroku platform in the most efficient and cost-effective way. As part of our efforts to simplify our pricing and packaging, we’re ensuring parity in our product offerings between our card-paying and our Enterprise-contracted customers. Most frequently, Heroku customers use Basic dynos for testing new applications, creating reference apps, and for small-scale projects. By making Basic dynos available on Enterprise, these same apps can use other...