: Begin Scanning a Jira Data Center App
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Begin Scanning a Jira Data Center App

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Begin Scanning a Jira Data Center App

Authorize
Data Security
to connect to Jira Data Center to scan all content shared within the app.
To connect a Jira Data Center app and begin scanning assets, you need to:
  • Ensure that you add your region-specific IP addresses to the allowed list so that firewalls don’t block them.
  • Ensure that you have a Jira Data Center Administrator account with workspace-level permissions.
  • Grant
    Data Security
    access to Jira Data Center.
  • Add the Jira Data Center app to
    Data Security
    , providing
    Data Security
    information about your Jira Data Center account.
Support for automated remediation capabilities varies by SaaS application.

Add Jira Data Center App

In order for
Data Security
to scan assets, you must consent to specific permissions during adding the Jira Data Center app.
  1. (
    Recommended
    ) Add your Jira Data Center domain as an internal domain.
  2. Log on to SaaS Security.
  3. To add the Jira Data Center app, go to
    Data Security
    Applications
    Add Application
    Jira Data Center
    .
  4. Sign in
    to the Atlassian workspace with an account that has workspace-level Administrator permissions.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 1
    : In Jira Data Center, navigate to
    Jira settings (cog icon) > Applications > Application links > Create Link
    .
  6. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 2
    : In the Create Link page, ensure that
    Atlassian product
    is selected. Enter the tenant home page address. Ignore the
    No response
    warning, and click
    Continue
    .
  7. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 3
    : In the
    Link applications
    page, enter the Application Name as
    Palo Alto Networks CASB
    .
  8. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 4
    : Choose the Application Type as
    Generic application
    from the drop-down.
    Because you are only retrieving data from Jira, you only need to set up a one-way (incoming link) communication for the client to Jira. You can leave all other input fields blank.
  9. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 6
    : Select the
    Create incoming link
    check box. Click
    Continue
    .
  10. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 7
    : The following consumer details for the client are provided in your wizard:
    • Consumer key
    • Consumer name
    • Public key
  11. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 8
    : Add your region-specific IP addresses to the allowed list so that firewalls don’t block them.
  12. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 9
    : To onboard your Jira instance on the
    Data Security
    platform, you must provide access to your Jira instance. To do that, enter your Server URL and click
    Add to Jira
    .
  13. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 10
    : To setup Webhooks, go to
    Jira administration console > System > Webhooks
    (in the Advanced section).
  14. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 11
    : Click
    Create a WebHook
    and complete the form with the following values:
    • Name: SaaS Security webhook
    • Status: Enabled
    • URL: Enter the URL that you see in the wizard
    • Subscribe to the following events and click
      Create
      :
      • Issue: created, updated, deleted
      • Comment: created, updated, deleted
      • Project: created, deleted
  15. After onboarding is complete,
    Data Security
    adds the new Jira Data Center app to the list of Cloud Apps as Jira Data Center n, where n is the number of Jira Data Center app instances that you have connected to
    Data Security
    . You’ll specify a descriptive name soon.

Customize Jira Data Center App

After you add the Jira Data Center app, customize the app to make use of capabilities that are unique to this app or that differentiate this app instance from others.
  1. (
    Optional
    ) Give a descriptive name to this app instance.
    1. Select the Jiran link on the Cloud Apps list.
    2. Enter a descriptive
      Name
      to differentiate this instance of Jira Data Center from other instances.
    3. Click
      Done
      to save your changes.
  2. Next step
    : Proceed to Identify Risks.

Identify Risks

When you add a new cloud app, then enable scanning,
Data Security
automatically scans the cloud app against the default data patterns and displays the match occurrences. You can take action now to improve your scan results and identify risks.
  1. To start scanning the new Jira Data Center app for incidents, go to
    Data Security
    Applications
    Jira Data Center
    Enable Scanning
    .
  2. During the discovery phase, as
    Data Security
    scans files and matches them against enabled policy rules:
    • Verify that
      Data Security
      displays assets.
    • Verify that your default policy rules are effective. If the results don’t capture all risks or you see false positives, proceed to next step to improve your results.
  3. (
    Optional
    ) Modify match criteria for existing policy rules.
  4. (
    Optional
    ) Add new policy rules.
    Consider the business use of your cloud app, then identify risks unique to your enterprise. As necessary, add new:
  5. (
    Optional
    ) Configure or edit a data pattern.
    You can Configure Data Patterns to identify specific strings of text, characters, words, or patterns to make it possible to find all instances of text that match a data pattern you specify.
  6. Next step
    : Proceed to Fix Jira Data Center App Onboarding and Scan Issues, if necessary.

Fix Jira Data Center App Onboarding and Scan Issues

The most common issues related to onboarding a Jira Data Center app are as follows:
Symptom
Explanation
Solution
Attachments embedded in comments don’t display in SaaS Security web interface.
Attachments embedded inside descriptions or comments are not currently supported—only attachments added through the attach button are scanned for violations.
This is expected behavior. However, periodically monitor the support because new support is added regularly.
Attachments embedded in descriptions don’t display in SaaS Security web interface.
Primary Email
of the asset owner related to Jira app doesn’t display in the SaaS Security web interface.
Sometimes users explicitly block outsiders (apps or people) from viewing their contact information, which includes email address.
Set
Contact Email address
to
Anyone
to display this information.
From Profile and visibility, navigate to
Contact
Email address
Who can see this?
and enable
Anyone
.
Comments for user activity and events display in the SaaS Security web interface, but one comment appears to be a duplicate of another as the
Target Name
for each is the same.
All comments have a unique
Target Name
. However, the SaaS Security web interface only displays the first 16 characters for optimal viewing as some names can be quite long.
This is expected behavior and by design.

FAQs for Jira Data Center App

The most common questions related to onboarding a Jira Data Center app are as follows:
Question
Answer
What are the different events or activities supported for Jira Data Center app?
Create and delete of issues, projects, comments, and attachments.
Delete is defined as permanently deletion. See Fix Jira Data Center App Onboarding and Scan Issues.
How are Issue description violations named?
They are named using the format Issue: {issue-key}.
How are Issue comment violations named?
They are named using the format `Comment: {issue-key}.
How are Issue attachment violations named?
They are named using the format `Attachment: {attachment-name}.
How do I search for all assets related to a Jira Issue?
You can retrieve assets as follows:
  • Description violations and comment violations—Type the Issue-Key
  • Attachment violations—Search by attachment name or by application name.

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