Jira

Connecting Jira to LightBeam

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Overview

LightBeam Spectra users can connect various data sources to the LightBeam application and these data sources will be continuously monitored for PII, PHI data.

Example: Jira, ServiceNow, Zendesk, etc.

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Connecting Jira Data Source

1. Login to your LightBeam Instance.

2. Click on DATASOURCES on the Top Navigation Bar.

3. Click on “Add a data source”.

Figure 1. Add Data Source

1. Search for “Jira”.

Figure 2. Search for Jira

1. Click on Jira.

Figure 2.1 Jira

1. Fill in the requested information and click on Next.

Basic Information

1. Data Source Name: This is the unique name given to the data source.

2. Description: This is an optional field needed to describe the use of this data source.

3. Primary Owner: Email address of the person responsible for this data source which will get alerts by default.

4. Entity Creation: LightBeam Spectra detects and associates attributes based on the context and identifies whose data it is; these are called entities. Example: Jane Doe is an entity for whom LightBeam Spectra might have detected Name and SSN in a monitored data source.

5. Source of Truth: LightBeam Spectra would have monitored data sources that contain data acting as a single point of truth and that can be used for looking up entities/attributes which help to identify if the other attributes/entities found in any other data source are accurate or not. A Source of Truth data set would create entities based on the attributes found in the data.

6. Location: The location of the data source.

7. Purpose: The purpose of the data being collected/processed.

8. Stage: The stage of the data source. Example: Source, Processing, Archival, etc.

Figure 3. LightBeam Jira - Basic Information

Note: To get the Jira data source details please check Appendix.

1. Provide the credentials as shown below and click on Test Connection.

Figure 4. LightBeam Jira - Test Connection

1. Verify that you get the message Connection Success! on the screen. Click on Next.

2. In this step, you can choose either of two scan setting options –

i) Scan all projects

ii) Scan selected projects

To choose option (i), select Scan all projects, and click Save.

Figure 5.1 LightBeam Jira - Scan Settings

To choose option (ii), select Scan selected projects.

Click on “Add Project to Inclusion List”. Now enter the name(s) of the project(s) that you would like to include for scanning in the search box that appears individually.

Select the project(s) by ticking the checkbox(es) next to the project name(s).

Click on Save.

Figure 5.2 LightBeam Jira - Scan Settings

Now we are ready to browse through onboarded Jira data source dashboard.

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Appendix

Steps to get Jira credentials

This section describes the steps to generate credentials required to connect to and call Jira APIs to access various LightBeam services.

Creating the API token in JIRA

Follow the below steps to create the API token in JIRA.

1. Log in to https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Figure 6. LightBeam Jira - API Token Generation

1. On the API Token Creation Result pop-up, note down the token for future use and click Close.

After the generation of the API Token, one needs to use the same while onboarding the Jira datasource into LightBeam. We explain the steps for this in the following section.

Onboarding Jira Datasource

To onboard the Jira datasource in LightBeam we need the following:

1. Email credentials

2. API Token

3. Server

Figure.7 LightBeam Jira - Connection Details

The following explains the meaning of credentials and their use with LightBeam:

• Email credentials: This field must contain the email address of the user who has generated the API token.

• API Token: An API token is similar to a password and allows you to authenticate LightBeam APIs to perform actions as you. Enter the API Token generated in the Creating the API token in JIRA step.
• Server details: To acquire the domain of the Jira server for your organization, enter the URL https://lightbeamai.atlassian.net from the Jira page.

Figure.8 LightBeam Jira - Server Details

Once the credentials are added, your database is ready for onboarding.

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About LightBeam

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