Oracle Corporation
12/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2024 08:29
Streamlining Jira Project Management With Oracle Access Governance
In today's interconnected business environment, effective project management isn't just a luxury-it's essential. Products like Atlassian Jira have become go-to platforms for managing workflows and tracking progress. However, as companies adopt these powerful tools, they must also be vigilant about managing who has access to what, confirming that sensitive project data is secure.
We're excited to announce the integration of Oracle Access Governance with Atlassian Jira, bringing the power of identity governance to the project management ecosystem.
Governance challenges in project management
Just as strong foundations are crucial for a sturdy building, robust cyber hygiene is essential for businesses, and that includes collaborative project management tools like Jira. As project teams grow, with different roles and shifting priorities, maintaining oversight of who can access which projects, tasks, and sensitive information is critical.
Without strong identity governance, organizations can run into the following challenges:
Unauthorized access: Individuals without proper clearance can access project data.
Mismanaged roles: Temporary team members, such as contractors or consultants, can retain access long after their involvement has ended.
Compliance risks: Organizations face compliance issues if they can't audit and validate how users got access to specific data and when.
Integration with Jira
Oracle Access Governance is designed to provide comprehensive, automated identity governance and administration for organizations of all sizes. In a dynamic project management environment like Atlassian Jira, Access Governance simplifies access provisioning through various access controls and helps enforce these access controls without delay. This integration boasts the following key features:
Complete visibility: Gain real-time insight into who has access to what within critical systems like Jira, enabling project managers and security teams to monitor access and make informed decisions efficiently.
Automated role management: Automatically assign, modify, or revoke access based on user roles, job changes, or project status updates. This automation helps that access permissions are always up-to-date with minimal manual intervention.
Self-service access requests: Empower team members with a user-friendly, self-service portal to request and manage access to projects. Built-in approval workflows offer swift responses, enhancing operational agility.
Attribute-based permission assignment: Assign access permissions dynamically based on user attributes, such as role, department, or project involvement so that access is tailored and compliant with organizational policies.
Policy-based access grants: Define and implement access policies that automatically grant or restrict permissions to collections of identities based on predefined rules, allowing for consistent governance across all systems.
Compliance auditing: Maintain a comprehensive audit trail of access requests, approvals, and revocations to address both internal governance and external regulatory requirements. This trail helps ensure accountability and strengthen security compliance.
Benefits of the integration
Jira is known for its flexibility and scalability in managing tasks, projects, and workflows. But as the user base grows, managing access rights can become increasingly complex. The integration with Oracle Access Governance helps organizations to fully automate and control access, so that project permissions are managed securely and efficiently. It offers the following benefits:
Enhanced security: Minimize the risk of unauthorized project access, helping ensure that only the right individuals have the right permissions.
Efficient onboarding and offboarding: Automate the granting and removal of access when employees or contractors join or leave projects, helping reduce the likelihood of manual errors and risks.
Dynamic access control: Allow project managers to adjust access rights in real time, based on project needs, team changes, or shifting priorities.
Cost efficiency: Reduce administrative overhead by automating routine access tasks, freeing up valuable time for more strategic efforts.
Audit and compliance management: Built-in reporting tools help organizations stay audit-ready and address internal policies or external regulations.
Imagine a large tech company where a senior developer is temporarily assigned to a high-priority project. The developer needs quick access to Jira, but only for a specific set of issues related to the project. With Access Governance's access control mechanism, automated access immediately grants the developer essential access based on their role within the organization. For project-specific access, the system automatically provisions additional permissions based on the developer's project assignment.
When the project ends, both the project-specific access and any temporary permissions are automatically revoked, while maintaining the developer's baseline access. This system helps eliminating the risk of permissions hoarding and permission creep, enabling security to remain up to date. This level of automation significantly reduces the burden on IT teams, while allowing project managers to focus on delivering results without worrying about access control gaps.
Conclusion
The Oracle Access Governance integration with Atlassian Jira transforms identity governance within project management workflows, providing visibility and automation across the entire ecosystem. This integration automates identity orchestration, helping enhance security, streamline operations, and address compliance with minimal manual effort.
As organizations increasingly rely on platforms like Jira for project success, securing access at every stage becomes crucial. With Oracle Access Governance, companies can confidently manage their teams, mitigate risks, and maintain full control over their project data, enabling them to achieve greater operational efficiency and security.
To learn more about Oracle Access Governance and available integrations, refer to the following resources:
Oracle Access Governance Integrations documentation
Oracle Access Governance product tour
Oracle Access Governance datasheet
Introduction to Oracle Access Governance (Oracle University)
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