Onboard a Confluence App to SSPM
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Onboard a Confluence App to SSPM
Connect a Confluence App instance to SSPM to detect posture risks.
For SSPM to detect posture risks in your Confluence instance, you must onboard your
Confluence instance to SSPM. Through the onboarding process, SSPM logs in to
Confluence using administrator account credentials. SSPM uses this account to scan
your Confluence instance for misconfigured settings. If there are misconfigured
settings, SSPM suggests a remediation action based on best practices.
SSPM can also scan your Confluence instance for connected third-party plugins. To enable SSPM to scan your Confluence instance for
connected third-party plugins, onboard an Atlassian app. If you
onboard an Atlassian app, SSPM also scans high-level
Atlassian Administration settings for your organization. Some high-level Atlassian
Administration settings can affect Confluence, and will differ depending on whether
your organization has the free, Standard, or Premium version of Confluence.
SSPM gets access to your Confluence instance by using Okta SSO credentials that you
provide during the onboarding process. For this reason, your organization must be
using Okta as an identity provider. The Okta account must be configured for
multi-factor authentication (MFA) using one-time passcodes.
To onboard your Confluence instance, you complete the following actions:
Collect Information for Accessing Your Confluence Instance
To access your Confluence instance, SSPM requires the following information,
which you will specify during the onboarding process.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| User email | An email address of an Okta user account.
(Required Permissions) The user must be a
Confluence administrator. |
| Password | The password for the Okta user account. |
| Okta Domain | The Okta subdomain for your organization. The subdomain was included in the login URL that Okta assigned to your organization. |
| MFA Secret Key | A key that is used to generate one-time passcodes for multi-factor authentication. |
As you complete the following steps, make note of the values of the items
described in the preceding table. You will need to enter these values during
onboarding to access your Confluence instance from SSPM.
- Identify the Okta user account that SSPM will use to access your Confluence instance. The user must be a Confluence administrator. SSPM needs this administrator access to monitor your Confluence instance.
Connect SSPM to Your Confluence Instance
By adding a Confluence app in SSPM, you enable SSPM to connect to your Confluence instance.- From the Add Application page ( ), click the Confluence tile.Under posture security instances, Add Instance or, if there is already an instance configured, Add New instance.Choose the option to Log in with Okta.Enter the user credentials, Okta domain, and MFA secret key for accessing your Confluence instance and Connect.
