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How to Evaluate an Atlassian Marketplace App: A Security Checklist

· 10 min read
Quick Answer

Before installing any Atlassian Marketplace app, run it through this checklist: verify Cloud Fortified status, confirm whether it is Forge or Connect, review the OAuth scopes it requests, read its privacy and data handling disclosure, and check its install count, ratings, and release cadence. Apps that pass all five are low-risk; apps that fail any of them deserve a closer look before they touch your production site.

What you'll learn
  1. The trust signals Atlassian exposes on every Marketplace listing
  2. How to read an app's permission scopes before installing
  3. Why Forge and Connect carry different security burdens
  4. The questions to ask a vendor during a security review
  5. A copy-paste checklist you can run on any app in under five minutes

The Atlassian Marketplace has thousands of apps, and installing the wrong one can expose your Jira and Confluence data to a vendor you have never vetted. The good news is that Atlassian surfaces most of what you need to make a safe decision directly on each listing — if you know where to look. This guide is a practical checklist for evaluating any Marketplace app before it lands on your site, written for the admins who get asked "is this app okay to install?" and need to answer with confidence.

Atlassian Marketplace App Selection Criteria for Enterprise

· 7 min read
Quick Answer

Enterprise teams evaluating Atlassian Marketplace apps should check ten criteria: Cloud Fortified status, Forge vs Connect framework, OAuth scopes, privacy disclosure, Bug Bounty participation, data residency, vendor viability, support SLA, adoption signals, and release cadence. This guide walks through each so your security and procurement teams can make confident decisions.

What you'll learn
  1. The 10 criteria every enterprise should check before approving an app
  2. How to assess vendor viability and long-term risk
  3. What documentation to request from vendors during procurement
  4. A scoring rubric you can apply to any app in under 10 minutes

Installing a Marketplace app in an enterprise Atlassian environment is not the same as installing a browser extension. The app gains access to your Jira issues, Confluence pages, and potentially your entire collaboration surface — so the evaluation process needs to be rigorous. This guide covers the ten criteria that security, procurement, and IT teams should check before approving any app for enterprise deployment.

How to Export Jira Audit Logs for Compliance and Security Reviews

· 6 min read
Quick Answer

Jira audit logs track who changed what, when, and where. Export logs to CSV or via REST API for compliance audits, security investigations, and change management documentation.

What you'll learn
  1. How to access and navigate the Jira audit log
  2. How to filter audit entries by user, date, and action type
  3. How to export audit data to CSV or via REST API
  4. How to set up automated logging and retention policies
  5. How to analyze audit data for compliance and security

Audit logs are the paper trail of your Jira instance. They record who did what, when, and where — essential information for compliance audits, security investigations, and change management.

Without proper audit logging, you cannot prove who deleted that issue, when permissions changed, or whether someone accessed restricted data. This guide covers how to access, export, and analyze Jira audit logs.

Jira Permissions Explained: How to Set Up Project Security Without Breaking Workflows

· 6 min read
Quick Answer

Jira permissions control who can view, create, and modify issues. Use permission schemes, project roles, and issue-level security to balance access with data protection.

What you'll learn
  1. The difference between global, project, and issue-level permissions
  2. How to create and configure permission schemes in Jira
  3. How to set up project roles for flexible, role-based access control
  4. How to restrict issue visibility with issue-level security
  5. How to test and audit permissions to verify correct configuration

Permissions in Jira control who can do what. Without proper configuration, either everyone can see everything (security risk) or the permissions are so locked down that work stops (productivity risk).

The key is finding the balance: enough access for people to do their jobs, not so much that sensitive data is exposed. This guide covers how to configure Jira permissions without breaking workflows.

Are Confluence & Jira Plugins Safe? Marketplace App Security Guide

· 11 min read
Who should read this
  • Cloud admins evaluating Marketplace apps before install
  • Security/compliance teams running vendor risk reviews for Atlassian
  • Procurement needing a plugin security checklist for SOC 2 / ISO 27001
What you'll learn
  1. The Forge vs Connect security model difference (where your data lives)
  2. How to read app scopes and spot overprivileged apps
  3. What Cloud Fortified actually verifies
  4. A copy-paste plugin security checklist for vendor reviews