Atlassian Guard: Data Security and Governance Taken to a New Level

With the rise of digitalization and remote collaboration, data security has become a top priority for companies using cloud solutions. To ensure protection, access control, and advanced compliance, Atlassian has developed Atlassian Guard, a robust set of features that prevent data leaks, control mobile access, and enforce stricter security policies.

Best of all: its implementation is simple and intuitive, directly within the Atlassian platform, making adoption hassle-free.

Below, we’ll explore some of the features that make Atlassian Guard an indispensable tool for security and digital governance.

🔎 Key Features of Atlassian Guard

🔹 Data Security Policies

Security rules allow you to restrict exports of sensitive data to formats such as XML, CSV, and PDF. This ensures that strategic information remains within the Atlassian environment, minimizing the risk of leaks.

💡 Benefit: Prevents unauthorized users from exporting critical information without supervision.

📱 Advanced Protection for Mobile Apps

Using mobile devices to access corporate tools requires stricter security measures. Atlassian Guard offers protection policies for mobile apps, such as:

✔️ Blocking of screenshots and recordings – Prevents attempts to copy sensitive information.
✔️ Restrictions on compromised devices – Automatically blocks jailbroken (iOS) or rooted (Android) devices.
✔️ Data encryption and biometric authentication – Ensures that only authorized users can access corporate information.

💡 Benefit: Greater control over the use of Atlassian apps on mobile devices, protecting corporate data.

🌐 Verified Domain Monitoring

Detects when verified domains are added to or removed from your organization.

💡 Benefit: Having a verified domain ensures the company has full control over all accounts linked to it, enabling centralized management and enforcement of security policies. Removing the domain can result in loss of control over corporate accounts, increasing security risks.

🔑 Changes to Admin API Keys

Monitors when an administrator API key is created in the Atlassian admin panel.

💡 Benefit: API keys enable authentication and direct access to company data. If compromised, they can be used to bypass security measures and exfiltrate large volumes of information. Monitoring these activities helps detect and mitigate potential malicious access.

🔎 Suspicious Searches in Confluence

Identifies when a user searches for multiple suspicious terms within a short period of time, such as:
🔹 RSA keys
🔹 Access tokens
🔹 Passwords
🔹 Cryptocurrency wallets
🔹 Confidential information

💡 Benefit: This feature helps detect malicious activities, such as attempts to exploit vulnerabilities or find credentials within the Confluence environment.

📂 Monitoring Mass Access to Jira

Detects when a user views an abnormally high number of issues in Jira within a short period of time.

💡 Benefit: This behavior may indicate attempts to exfiltrate data via automated bots or malicious access. Atlassian Guard monitors this activity and triggers preventive alerts to prevent the leakage of sensitive information.

These are just a few of Atlassian Guard’s features designed to protect organizations against digital threats and unauthorized access. With advanced monitoring and detection capabilities, it ensures data remains secure, preventing leaks, breaches, and unauthorized access.

If your team handles sensitive information and seeks to strengthen digital governance and security, this tool may be the best choice to shield your Atlassian environment.

🔐 Does your company already use Atlassian Guard? How has the experience been? Let us know in the comments! 💬⬇️