These guides will walk you through setting up Guard Dog Proxy for Jira. Designed specifically for administrators, they provide a comprehensive overview of all the features available in Guard Dog Proxy for Jira.
Challenges
Companies that move from on-premises or data center solutions to SaaS cloud-based solutions gain significant operational benefits. However, many of the methods used to monitor the health of their integrations are no longer available to them. As a result, organizations face challenges in maintaining an oversight of their API governance for API Proxy within the Atlassian ecosystem, leaving them vulnerable to evolving security threats.
Key features
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Comprehensive data tracking and logging
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Proxy configuration: Generate proxy URLs to track API requests passing through the app.
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Logging of activity: Log all request events through API proxy.
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API integration and log management
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Integration with Splunk and Logstash: Push logs to Splunk for advanced monitoring and alerts or to Logstash for flexible log analysis using the ELK stack.
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Insights and analytics
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Insight cards: Display critical information that defines API health
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Analysis chart: Provide visualizations to offer deeper insights into the shared data.
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Dashboards and visualization
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Overview dashboard: Offers a more holistic view of API data usage.
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Policies and automation
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Policies & automation: Increase customization for business units to enhance API security and streamline governance.
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Some further concepts are explained at the Key concepts for Guard Dog Proxy for Jira page.
Key benefits
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Perform monitoring within the Atlassian environment.
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Easily connect with external monitoring and alerts.
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Probe incidents or activities from logs.
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Early detection of API traffic anomalies.
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Customize policies to fit cloud security governance.
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Implement the same data center processes in the cloud.
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Empowers and delivers greater transparency.
Use cases
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Resolving security governance as an organization migrates to the cloud.
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Centralizing cloud governance, policies and protocols.
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Identifying the root cause of an integration incident.
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Monitoring integration traffic under the hood in the Atlassian environment.