
## Why is Data Encryption Important in Atlassian Apps? {#why-data-encryption}

Data encryption is a way to **protect your business data from unauthorized users** even if they get access to your apps. Atlassian apps like Jira and Confluence store sensitive information like financial data, intellectual property, and customer details. 

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By implementing Atlassian data encryption, all data sent to and from Atlassian apps gets encrypted, ensuring that it remains safe both in transit (moving between devices & servers) and at rest (stored on servers). Even if an unauthorized user manages to intercept your data, it will remain unreadable due to the encryption layer.

## How Does Atlassian Data Encryption Work? {#how-it-works}

When you use Atlassian apps like Jira Cloud and Confluence, your data undergoes a seamless encryption and decryption process. Here’s how it works:

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- **The User Interacts with the App:** The user opens the Jira Cloud instance and initiates an action, like accessing a ticket or uploading a document.

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- **Request Goes to CASB:** The request to access the data is transited through the Jira app to the Atlassian Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).

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- **Data Encrypted by Atlassian CASB:** The CASB acts as a security checkpoint and encrypts the data before sending it to the Atlassian Cloud server for rest.

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- **Requesting Data from Atlassian Cloud:** When the user requests data from a ticket, the data is retrieved from Atlassian Cloud in encrypted form, ensuring its confidentiality during transmission.

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- **Decryption by CASB:** Once the Atlassian CASB receives the encrypted data, it utilizes its decryption capabilities to unlock the information.

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- **Decrypted Data Sent to Jira and the User:** Finally, the CASB delivers the decrypted data securely to your Jira application, allowing you to see the information you requested.

![Atlassian data encryption](/blog/assets/2024/data-encryption-casb.webp)



##  miniOrange: Atlassian Data Encryption {#mo-data-encryption}

[miniOrange](https://www.miniorange.com/) offers the best data encryption solution that prioritizes data security on Atlassian apps like Jira and Confluence. With robust encryption measures and a suite of advanced security features, our data encryption solution provides the utmost security for business data on these apps. 

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***Looking for Jira security solutions? Check out our blogs on [miniOrange Jira Cloud Security](https://www.miniorange.com/blog/tag/Jira/).*** 

## Our Advanced Security Features for Atlassian {#features}

miniOrange [CASB solutions](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/solutions/) also provide other Atlassian security features to protect your business data. Here are its features:

### 1. Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) 

SOC admins can configure Atlassian data encryption by bringing their keys and regularly rotating these encryption keys to ensure maximum security.

### 2. Threat Mitigation

Our Atlassian security solutions let you continuously monitor and get alerts for unauthorized data access attempts, enabling SOC teams to take swift action against internal attacks by revoking user access.

### 3. Analytics and Reporting 

Gives detailed reports and analysis of user activity, helping SOC teams understand security threats and reduce system downtime.

### 4. User Risk Score Assessment

Assign risk scores to users based on their activity with Atlassian Cloud apps. This allows for proactive security measures, including strong restrictions and access revocation when thresholds are exceeded.

### 5. DLP Integration

Prevents unauthorized data downloads and mitigates threats like sensitive data exploitation in Jira and Confluence, ensuring robust protection against data breaches.

### 6. Malware & Ransomware Protection

Detects and isolates malware or ransomware attacks instantly to contain and resolve threats effectively, protecting your organization from significant damage.

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**Don't leave your data vulnerable to Atlassian apps.**

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Implement [miniOrange Atlassian security integration](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/integrations/atlassian-apps) and experience peace of mind knowing that your information is protected by one of the industry's most trusted names.  

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Contact us at [info@xecurify.com](mailto:info@xecurify.com) to enquire and learn more about the Atlassian data encryption solution.

### Additional Resources {#reference-links}

1. [Google CASB](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/integrations/google-workspace)
2. [Remote Work Security](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/solutions/remote-work-security)
3. [Hybrid Work Security](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/solutions/hybrid-work-security)
4. [Corporate/Office Network Security](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/solutions/office-network-security)


Many businesses rely on Atlassian collaboration tools like Jira Cloud and Confluence to manage sensitive data, such as confidential financial records, intellectual property, and employee data. However, data breaches can occur due to unauthorized access or malware, leading to significant financial losses, reputational damage, and legal repercussions. 
Data encryption in transit or at rest is a powerful solution offered by Atlassian CASB to solve these concerns. By encryption data in transit and at rest, businesses can significantly reduce the risk of a breach and ensure the security of their critical information. 

 How to secure your Jira & Confluence data with Atlassian Data Encryption?


## Atlassian CASB: Compliance, Granular Access Control, and Visibility

Atlassian is a leading software company known for its tools that enhance team collaboration, productivity, project organization, and workflow management. Widely used for agile project management, the Atlassian Suite helps numerous companies streamline their project lifecycles and track progress effectively, no matter the project size or team resources.

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However, it's important for companies to follow certain rules and guidelines to protect their data when using apps like Jira and Confluence. For instance, companies may need to prevent data export from Jira Cloud, trace attachment downloads from Jira and Confluence, or block downloads based on a network IP address to ensure data security. If they don't comply with standards like GDPR and HIPAA, or their internal policies, it can risk the security and reliability of their data on these apps. Ensuring Jira and Confluence compliance helps organizations protect their data, maintain trust with stakeholders, and ensure that Atlassian tools work reliably.

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miniOrange [Atlassian CASB integration](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/integrations/atlassian-apps) with Jira and Confluence helps companies meet industry compliance standards. It provides clear visibility and strict control over how users interact with these apps. This integration allows security teams to closely monitor user activities, block downloads from Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence SaaS from users on external networks, and ensure everything runs smoothly. 

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Let’s take a closer look at Atlassian CASB security and how it benefits organizations.

## What are Atlassian apps? {#what-are-atlassian-apps}

Atlassian apps, also known as Atlassian Marketplace apps, are software extensions that can be added to Atlassian's core products, such as Jira and Confluence. 

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- **Jira:** It helps teams manage workflows, submit issues, track tickets, automate tasks, and monitor project progress. It follows agile methodology principles and is widely used by companies to boost productivity and project growth. For enhanced security, features such as blocking downloads from Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence SaaS from users on external networks can be implemented.

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- **Confluence:** It creates a shared workspace where teams can collaborate on projects. It provides transparency and workflow management and allows users to see each other's contributions and the project's progress over time. 

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Using tools to trace attachment downloads from Jira and Confluence can ensure secure management of project documents.

## List of Atlassian Apps {#list-of-atlassian-apps}

Here’s a breakdown of the different apps used with Jira and Confluence, along with simple explanations for each:

### Jira Service Desk
Jira Service Desk is a platform to receive issues from customers and track customer lifecycles from querying to deploying the solution with all the paperwork and request queuing.

### Jira Core 
Jira Core is a highly organized workflow project, where all teams can create a step-by-step process to complete tasks on time. They are highly versatile and can be used by all departments within an organization.

### Jira Software
Jira software utilizes the power of Kanban and Agile methodologies, to build project sprints, list issues, create backlog items, task completion and velocity, and visually depict the team’s progress.

### Bitbucket 
Bitbucket is an on-premise Git repository management software for all team members to collaborate on projects and is the top competitor for the Microsoft-owned GitHub.

### Confluence
Confluence is a document collaboration tool for teams to keep records of a research topic or share steps to configure a standard software tool to promote transparency within the team.

### Statuspage
Statuspage lets the customers know about scheduled downtime for maintenance of the application to prevent sudden crashes. It stands as an “Incident Management Messenger” between you and your end users.

### Opsgenie
Opsgenie helps your developer teams and operations teams stay on top of threat alerts and incidents and control the situation in real-time.

### Jira Align 
Jira Align enables project planning and strategy alignment with support for hundreds of users at different levels in the organization.

![Four pillars of Atlassian CASB Security for data download prevention](/blog/assets/2023/casb-atlassian-solution-blog.webp)

## Why is Atlassian App Security Important? {#why-casb-secures-atlassian-apps}

Atlassian App Security is crucial for keeping your project data safe and ensuring smooth team collaboration. Recently, Atlassian announced the [end of sale and support for Atlassian server apps](https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/knowledge-base/end-of-sale-and-support-for-server-apps/), leaving Data Center (DC) and Atlassian Cloud as the main options.

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Data centers are an expensive option and most users cannot switch to DC, hence, they have no choice but to move to Atlassian Cloud. However, using the cloud has its set of disadvantages. The most important one is the **lack of data security compliance** with regulations like ITAR, FERPA, and HIPAA and potential **threats of security breaches**, leading to a lack of trust in Jira Cloud and Confluence compliance security.

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To address these risks, miniOrange offers [Cloud Access Security Broker](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/) (CASB) for Jira and Confluence. Our [CASB solutions](https://www.miniorange.com/casb/solutions/) can prevent data export from Jira Cloud, trace attachment downloads from Jira and Confluence, and block downloads based on IP addresses, allowing access only within the corporate network. Without CASB for Jira and Confluence, there's a heightened risk of data leaks and security threats where sensitive information could be exposed to unauthorized parties.

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Implementing a CASB solution ensures that your Atlassian Cloud apps remain secure and compliant with regulations. It helps you detect and respond to potential security incidents, safeguard your organization's data, and maintain trust in your project management tools. Specifically, Atlassian CASB solutions can block downloads from Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence SaaS for users on external networks, further enhancing security.

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In summary, Atlassian App Security, particularly through Atlassian CASB solutions, is essential for protecting your data and ensuring the reliability of Atlassian Cloud apps like Jira and Confluence. This proactive approach helps mitigate risks and keeps your projects running smoothly and securely.

## How does CASB protect your Atlassian apps? {#casb-protect-atlassian-apps}

Here’s how a Cloud Access Security Broker (based on the [4 fundamental pillars](https://www.miniorange.com/blog/what-are-the-4-pillars-of-casb/)) secures your Atlassian SaaS apps to provide Jira Cloud and Confluence security.

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Imagine a company using the Atlassian Cloud for project management and team collaboration.

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Within this company, there are two groups of users: the support team and the analytics team. Both groups use the Jira Tickets service. The support team accesses customer information stored in the tickets to help customers with their products. Meanwhile, the analytics team exports customer data from Jira Tickets to analyze and gain insights.

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Let’s say there are 2 users, Jeremey from the support team and Noah from the analytics team.

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Jeremy can view customer Jira tickets to see what products they’ve bought and provide support. However, if he tries to export data, the Atlassian CASB solution stops him.

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On the other hand, Noah from the analytics team can export the Jira Tickets data to analyze it further for his team’s insights.

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This way, the miniOrange Atlassian CASB solution will provide role-based access to the different solutions on the Atlassian App suite for Jira and Confluence security. Additionally, you also get deep visibility into the traffic on your Atlassian app usage for the Security Operations Center to gain deeper insights into potential security threats targeted towards their Atlassian apps.

![Role-based access restriction to prevent data export using Atlassian CASB Security](/blog/assets/2023/atlassian-export-data-casb.webp)

## Benefits of Atlassian CASB Security {#benefits-casb-atlassian-security}

Here are the key benefits of using Atlassian CASB security for Jira Cloud and Confluence security.

### Granular Visibility and Control: 
Get insights into the smallest security detail for each of your Atlassian Suite apps, and configure custom access restriction rules to protect company data from unknown third-party entities. You can also prevent data export from Jira Cloud and trace attachment downloads from Jira and Confluence to ensure data remains secure.

### Compliance Inclusion: 
Atlassian CASB solutions ensure your business meets industry security standards like [ITAR](https://www.miniorange.com/blog/itar-compliance-with-casb-for-data-security/), FERPA, and HIPAA by enforcing data protection policies and gathering detailed insights.
 
### DLP Integration: 
[Data Loss Prevention](https://www.miniorange.com/data-loss-prevention-dlp) (DLP) prevents data breaches and defends against various advanced threats like next-gen spam, phishing attack filters, and many more that work with cloud applications, making this a must for Jira Cloud and Confluence security. Additionally, you can block downloads from Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence SaaS from users on external networks to further enhance data security.
 
### Analytics and Reports: 
Monitors cloud activity and generates threat reports that help your team discover new observations. This way, you can visualize data to see unusual activity with any Atlassian app and peak downtimes. 

### User Risk Score Assessment: 
Depending on the user activity, a risk score is assigned to each user to flag them based on their activity with the Atlassian apps. Once the score exceeds the safe score limit, the necessary security restrictions configured will kick in to revoke all access permissions and isolate the user from further interacting with any of the Atlassian apps with the help of our Atlassian CASB solution.

## Additional Solutions Incorporation: 
Alongside miniOrange CASB security, you can also check out our other [Atlassian enterprise security products](https://www.miniorange.com/atlassian/) as well. All our solutions can be integrated individually or alongside the miniOrange Atlassian CASB for all-around Jira Cloud and Confluence security features.

## In Conclusion {#summary}

We explored how miniOrange CASB ensures comprehensive security for the Atlassian Suite. It offers you a smooth way to monitor users closely, apply strict compliance rules such as ITAR, FERPA, and HIPAA, and gain detailed insights into potential threats against your company's sensitive data stored on any Atlassian app in the cloud, including Jira Cloud and Confluence.

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If you're in the market for a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution specifically for securing the Atlassian Suite, miniOrange is highly recommended. It provides robust access control features tailored to meet your company’s needs, effectively reducing risks. miniOrange also offers top-notch global support at competitive prices to cater to all your security requirements.

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Don't hesitate to reach out to us at [info@xecurify.com](mailto:info@xecurify.com) with any questions or inquiries, and we'll respond promptly!

### Additional Resources

Check out more Atlassian App Security products by miniOrange,

-   [Atlassian SSO and User Sync](https://miniorange.com/atlassian/)
-   [Jira SAML SSO](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/xecurifyinc1630054845227.jira_saml_sso_atlassian_final?tab=overview)
-   [2FA/MFA for Jira Apps](https://miniorange.com/atlassian/two-factor-authentication-2fa-for-atlassian-data-center-dc-and-cloud/)
-   [Confluence 2FA/MFA](https://miniorange.com/atlassian/confluence-two-factor-authentication-2fa)
-   [AWS services CASB](https://blog.miniorange.com/aws-service-casb-security-solution/)


Atlassian CASB security helps businesses comply with all the safety standards for Jira and Confluence apps, ensuring their cloud data is protected and in line with Atlassians security and trust measures.

How to secure your Jira & Confluence data with Atlassian Data Encryption?

Atlassian CASB Security: Jira & Confluence Compliance