SaaS Security
Onboard a JumpCloud App to SSPM
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Onboard a JumpCloud App to SSPM
Connect a JumpCloud instance to SSPM to detect posture and account risks.
| Where Can I Use This? | What Do I Need? |
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Or any of the following licenses that include the Data Security license:
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For SSPM to detect posture risks in your JumpCloud instance, you must onboard your
JumpCloud instance to SSPM. Through the onboarding process, SSPM connects to a
JumpCloud API by using an API key that you generate from the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
After connecting to the JumpCloud API, SSPM scans your JumpCloud instance for
misconfigured settings and account risks.
To access your JumpCloud instance, SSPM requires the following information, which you
will specify during the onboarding process.
| Item | Description |
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| API Key |
A unique, alphanumeric string that JumpCloud generates for a
JumpCloud administrator account. SSPM will use the key to
authenticate to the JumpCloud API. The API key inherits the
permissions of the administrator account.
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| Organization ID |
A unique identifier for your organization within the JumpCloud
platform.
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To onboard your JumpCloud instance, you complete the following actions:
- Generate and copy an API Key for your organization.
- Identify the JumpCloud account that you will use to create the API key.Required Permissions: To create the API key, you must use an account that is assigned to the Administrator role in JumpCloud. The account must have API access enabled. To enable API access for the Administrator account, contact an administrator assigned to the Administrator with Billing role. Only administrators assigned to the Administrator with Billing role can enable API access for an Administrator account.The API key will inherit the permissions of the Administrator account.Using the credentials of the Administrator account, log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.Locate your profile icon in the upper-right corner of the page and select .In the API Key dialog, specify a Custom expiration date of 365 days, and Generate New API Key.
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JumpCloud generates and displays a new API key.Copy the API key and paste it into a text file.Don’t continue to the next step unless you have copied the API key. You must provide this key to SSPM during the onboarding process.Identify your Organization ID. To retrieve your JumpCloud Organization ID, complete the following steps:- In the JumpCloud Admin Portal, navigate to your Settings page. To navigate to the Settings page, in the lower-left corner of the Admin Portal, click Settings.On the Settings page, navigate to the Organization Profile tab.Copy your Organization ID and paste it into a text file.Don't continue to the next step unless you have copied the Organization ID. You must provide this information to SSPM during the onboarding process.
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Connect SSPM to your JumpCloud instance.In SSPM, complete the following steps to enable SSPM to connect to your JumpCloud instance.- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.Select and click the JumpCloud tile.On the Posture Security tab, Add New instance.Log in with Credentials.Enter your API Key and Organization ID.Connect.
