diff --git a/database/sql/organizations_test.go b/database/sql/organizations_test.go
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+// Copyright 2022 Cloudbase Solutions SRL
+//
+//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+//    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+//    a copy of the License at
+//
+//         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+//    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+//    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+//    under the License.
+
+package sql
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+
+	dbCommon "garm/database/common"
+	garmTesting "garm/internal/testing"
+	"garm/params"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+)
+
+type OrgTestFixtures struct {
+	Orgs             []params.Organization
+	CreateOrgParams  params.CreateOrgParams
+	UpdateRepoParams params.UpdateRepositoryParams
+}
+
+type OrgTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+	Store    dbCommon.Store
+	Fixtures *OrgTestFixtures
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) equalOrgsByName(expected, actual []params.Organization) {
+	s.Require().Equal(len(expected), len(actual))
+
+	sort.Slice(expected, func(i, j int) bool { return expected[i].Name > expected[j].Name })
+	sort.Slice(actual, func(i, j int) bool { return actual[i].Name > actual[j].Name })
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(expected); i++ {
+		s.Require().Equal(expected[i].Name, actual[i].Name)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) SetupTest() {
+	// create testing sqlite database
+	db, err := NewSQLDatabase(context.Background(), garmTesting.GetTestSqliteDBConfig(s.T()))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.FailNow(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create db connection: %s", err))
+	}
+	s.Store = db
+
+	// create some organization objects in the database, for testing purposes
+	orgs := []params.Organization{}
+	for i := 1; i <= 3; i++ {
+		org, err := db.CreateOrganization(
+			context.Background(),
+			fmt.Sprintf("test-org-%d", i),
+			fmt.Sprintf("test-creds-%d", i),
+			fmt.Sprintf("test-webhook-secret-%d", i),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.FailNow(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create database object (test-org-%d)", i))
+		}
+		orgs = append(orgs, org)
+	}
+
+	// setup test fixtures
+	fixtures := &OrgTestFixtures{
+		Orgs: orgs,
+		CreateOrgParams: params.CreateOrgParams{
+			Name:            "new-test-org",
+			CredentialsName: "new-creds",
+			WebhookSecret:   "new-webhook-secret",
+		},
+		UpdateRepoParams: params.UpdateRepositoryParams{
+			CredentialsName: "test-update-creds",
+			WebhookSecret:   "test-update-repo-webhook-secret",
+		},
+	}
+	s.Fixtures = fixtures
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestCreateOrganization() {
+	// call tested function
+	org, err := s.Store.CreateOrganization(
+		context.Background(),
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.Name,
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.CredentialsName,
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.WebhookSecret)
+
+	// assertions
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	storeOrg, err := s.Store.GetOrganizationByID(context.Background(), org.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.FailNow(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get organization by id: %v", err))
+	}
+	s.Require().Equal(storeOrg.Name, org.Name)
+	s.Require().Equal(storeOrg.CredentialsName, org.CredentialsName)
+	s.Require().Equal(storeOrg.WebhookSecret, org.WebhookSecret)
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestCreateOrganizationInvalidDBPassphrase() {
+	cfg := garmTesting.GetTestSqliteDBConfig(s.T())
+	conn, err := newDBConn(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.FailNow(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create db connection: %s", err))
+	}
+	// make sure we use a 'sqlDatabase' struct with a wrong 'cfg.Passphrase'
+	cfg.Passphrase = "wrong-passphrase" // it must have a size different than 32
+	sqlDB := &sqlDatabase{
+		conn: conn,
+		cfg:  cfg,
+	}
+
+	_, err = sqlDB.CreateOrganization(
+		context.Background(),
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.Name,
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.CredentialsName,
+		s.Fixtures.CreateOrgParams.WebhookSecret)
+
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("failed to encrypt string", err.Error())
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestGetOrganization() {
+	org, err := s.Store.GetOrganization(context.Background(), s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].Name)
+
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal(s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].Name, org.Name)
+	s.Require().Equal(s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID, org.ID)
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestGetOrganizationNotFound() {
+	_, err := s.Store.GetOrganization(context.Background(), "dummy-name")
+
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("fetching org: not found", err.Error())
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestListOrganizations() {
+	orgs, err := s.Store.ListOrganizations(context.Background())
+
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	s.equalOrgsByName(s.Fixtures.Orgs, orgs)
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestDeleteOrganization() {
+	err := s.Store.DeleteOrganization(context.Background(), s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID)
+
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	_, err = s.Store.GetOrganizationByID(context.Background(), s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID)
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("fetching org: not found", err.Error())
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestDeleteOrganizationInvalidOrgID() {
+	err := s.Store.DeleteOrganization(context.Background(), "dummy-org-id")
+
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("fetching org: parsing id: invalid request", err.Error())
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestUpdateOrganization() {
+	org, err := s.Store.UpdateOrganization(context.Background(), s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID, s.Fixtures.UpdateRepoParams)
+
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal(s.Fixtures.UpdateRepoParams.CredentialsName, org.CredentialsName)
+	s.Require().Equal(s.Fixtures.UpdateRepoParams.WebhookSecret, org.WebhookSecret)
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestUpdateOrganizationInvalidOrgID() {
+	_, err := s.Store.UpdateOrganization(context.Background(), "dummy-org-id", s.Fixtures.UpdateRepoParams)
+
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("fetching org: parsing id: invalid request", err.Error())
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestGetOrganizationByID() {
+	org, err := s.Store.GetOrganizationByID(context.Background(), s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID)
+
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal(s.Fixtures.Orgs[0].ID, org.ID)
+}
+
+func (s *OrgTestSuite) TestGetOrganizationByIDInvalidOrgID() {
+	_, err := s.Store.GetOrganizationByID(context.Background(), "dummy-org-id")
+
+	s.Require().NotNil(err)
+	s.Require().Equal("fetching org: parsing id: invalid request", err.Error())
+}
+
+func TestOrgTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(OrgTestSuite))
+}