Looking for a way to improve security in your Jira instance? Check out these 5 great Atlassian Marketplace apps which can help you in achieving this goal.

1. GDPR (DSGVO) and Security for Jira

The introduction of GDPR rules caused some chaos in the IT industry. Thankfully, vendors came forward with solutions. GDPR app is exactly one of these. It allows you to get the user’s consent, manage the right to erase, find and monitor personal data (emails, phone numbers, credit card numbers, etc.) and anonymize the user’s data.

Moreover, it enables the monitoring of access statistics and permissions, providing a clear history of who (and when) granted particular permissions to the user. This functionality is particularly beneficial for large instances with multiple administrators.

2. Secure Fields for Jira

Secure Fields is a set of security-enabled Custom Fields, which allow hiding data from certain groups of users. The administrator can set separate field permission schemes (similar to standard Jira schemes).

The app allows users to set different permission schemes for viewing custom fields, editing custom fields and viewing history. Furthermore, it secures access from all data access methods – there’s no way to view the field value via API.

3. Issues Toolbox

An app enables immediate setting of the Issue Security level, among other features, rather than after the issue is created (as is the standard behavior for Jira). You can automatically select the security level based on the group or role the reporter belongs to.

Furthermore, regular expression-based security level selection is also possible, leveraging the group and/or role names. Considering its affordability, this app is quite a gem. Moreover, it receives relatively frequent updates.

4. K-SSO SAML Kerberos OAuth for Jira

Kantega SSO is the most advanced Atlassian Marketplace solution for Single Sign-On topics available. With easy configuration and all the most popular SSO methods covered, it’s really an industry leader and the best enterprise solution that you can pick.

Moreover, it’s also available for Bitbucket, Bamboo, Confluence, and FishEye / Crucible. The Kantega SSO team is one of the swiftest and most professional teams we’ve ever met. K-SSO remains a highly recommended app.

5. Comment Security Default

Simple, yet powerful security App which allows you to set the default security level for comments or change the color of the comment field to highlight visibility. You can apply the settings globally for all Jira projects or at the project level.

Additionally, users can set the restrictions for Jira Service Management, making it a really useful tool when you want to prevent accidental reading of the Support Team’s comments.