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Set Up MCP Gateway Connectors

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Register and Manage Agents

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Control Access With Access Policies

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Inspect Content With Data Security Policies

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Review the AI Landscape

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Review Sensitive Data Exposure

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Review Policy Effectiveness

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Troubleshoot AI Security

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Getting Started with AI Security

Getting Started with AI Security

Understanding AI Security

About This Guide
Introducing AI Security
How AI Security Works
Vendor-Specific Behavior
Key Terms
Understanding the AI Governance Dashboard
Understanding the Difference Between an App Connector and a Gateway Connector
Understanding the Difference Between Access Control Policies and Data Security Policies

Opening AI Security for the First Time

What You Need Before You Begin
Where to Find AI Security in the Platform
Starting AI Security for the First Time
Understanding the Getting Started Page
Understanding the Configure AI Security Popup
Choosing Between Guided Setup and Manual Configuration
Completing the Guided Setup
Configuring AI Security Manually

Connect AI Applications

Connect AI Applications

Getting Started with App Connectors

Understanding the App Connectors Page
Opening the App Connectors Page
Understanding What an App Connector Does
Understanding What a Connector Card Shows

Connecting an AI Application

Opening the Connect App Panel
Selecting the Application You Want to Connect
Completing the App Connection

Connecting ChatGPT

Checking the Prerequisites Before Connecting ChatGPT
Generating OpenAI Credentials for ChatGPT
Finding Your API Platform Organization ID
Finding Your ChatGPT Workspace IDs
Connecting ChatGPT

Connecting Microsoft Copilot

Choosing Between Client Secret and Admin Consent
Understanding the Permissions Microsoft Copilot Requires
Checking the Prerequisites Before Connecting Microsoft Copilot
Registering an App in Microsoft Entra for Copilot
Finding Your Application Client ID in Microsoft Entra
Generating a Client Secret in Microsoft Entra
Finding Your Directory (Tenant) ID
Connecting Microsoft Copilot Using a Client Secret
Connecting Microsoft Copilot Using Admin Consent

Connecting Claude

Checking the Prerequisites Before Connecting Claude
Generating a Claude Compliance Access Key
Connecting Claude

Managing a Connected Application

Understanding the Manage Connector Panel for Claude
Understanding the Manage Connector Panel for ChatGPT
Understanding the Manage Connector Panel for Microsoft Copilot
Opening the Details of a Connected App Connector
Opening the Edit Connector Panel
Updating the Credentials of a Connector
Resolving an Invalid Credential Error
Understanding an Unknown Health Status
Activating a Connector
Deactivating a Connector
Removing a Connector
Understanding What Happens to Existing Scans When You Update Credentials

Remediating Matched Content

Understanding Remediation Settings
Configuring Remediation Settings
Checking the Result of a Remediation Action

Set Up MCP Gateway Connectors

Set Up MCP Gateway Connectors

Understanding the MCP Gateway

Understanding What MCP Gateway Is and How It Works
Opening the Gateway Connectors Page
Understanding the Gateway Connectors Page
Understanding What a Gateway Connector Does

Working with the Gateway URL

Understanding What the Gateway URL Is Used For
Finding Your Gateway URL
Copying Your Gateway URL

Adding a Gateway Connector

Checking the Prerequisites Before Connecting a Gateway Connector
Connecting Atlassian as a Gateway Connector
Connecting Salesforce as a Gateway Connector
Connecting Microsoft 365 as a Gateway Connector
Opening the Manage Connector Panel for a Gateway Connector

Understanding the Manage Connector Panel for Atlassian

Understanding the Manage Connector Panel for Atlassian

Reviewing Available Tools

Viewing the Tools a Gateway Connector Exposes to Agents
Using the Tool Scope List When Authoring Access Policies

Choosing an Authentication Method

Choosing the Authentication Method for a Gateway Connector
Understanding the Difference Between Per-User and Org-Wide Authentication
Selecting Per-User Authentication for a Connector
Selecting Org-Wide Authentication for a Connector
Choosing Between OAuth and API Key for Org-Wide Authentication

Authorizing the Connector

Understanding Which Account Is Required to Grant OAuth Permissions
Authorizing a Connector Using OAuth
Signing In With Atlassian to Grant Permissions
Authorizing a Connector Using an API Key
Resolving an Awaiting Authorisation Status
Authorizing a Gateway Connector

Disconnecting a Gateway Connector

Disconnecting a Gateway Connector

Register and Manage Agents

Register and Manage Agents

Understanding Agents

Understanding Registered vs Unregistered Agents

Viewing Your Agents

Opening the Agent Management Page
Understanding the Agents Tab
Viewing the List of Registered Agents
Understanding What the Summary Cards Show

Registering an Agent

Understanding the Register Agent Panel
Checking the Prerequisites Before Registering an Agent
Opening the Register Agent Panel
Naming an Agent
Selecting Which Connectors an Agent Can Access
Assigning an Owner to an Agent
Setting the Token Time to Live for an Agent
Saving a New Agent

Managing Agent Credentials

Understanding Why the Client Secret Is Shown Only Once
Viewing the Client ID Generated for an Agent
Copying the Client ID
Copying the Client Secret
Configuring an Agent With Its Credentials and Gateway URL
Recovering Access if the Client Secret Is Lost

Editing an Agent
Deregistering an Agent

Working with Agent Groups

Understanding the Agent Groups Tab
Understanding the New Group Panel
Understanding the Edit Group Panel
Opening the New Group Panel
Naming an Agent Group
Adding an Agent to a Group
Saving a New Agent Group
Deleting an Agent Group

Control Access With Access Policies

Control Access With Access Policies

Understanding Access Policies

Understanding the Access Policies Tab
Understanding How Access Policies Are Evaluated in Priority Order

Viewing Your Policies

Opening the Policy Page
Viewing the List of Access Policies

Creating an Access Policy

Understanding the Add Policy Panel
Opening the Add Policy Panel
Naming a New Policy

Defining the Source

Selecting the Identity Type for a Policy
Searching for a Group, User, or Other Identity
Understanding the Difference Between Inclusions and Exclusions
Adding an Identity to the Policy Scope
Removing an Identity From the Policy Scope
Applying a Policy to Specific Identities Using Inclusions

Restricting by Network Location

Restricting a Policy by Source IP Range
Restricting a Policy by Source IP Block
Adding Multiple IP Conditions to a Policy
Removing an IP Condition From a Policy

Defining the Destination

Selecting the Gateway Connector a Policy Applies To
Viewing the Tools Available for a Selected Connector
Searching for a Specific Tool
Adding a Tool to the Policy Scope
Removing a Tool From the Policy Scope

Setting the Action and Saving

Allowing Access When a Policy Matches
Denying Access When a Policy Matches
Notifying Administrators When a Policy Matches
Saving a New Policy

Editing an Existing Access Policy

Understanding the Edit Policy Panel
Editing an Access Policy

Managing Existing Policies

Enabling an Access Policy
Disabling an Access Policy
Changing the Priority Order of Policies
Deleting an Access Policy

Working with Notifications

Understanding the Notify Option
Viewing Notifications
Creating a Filtered View of Notified Transactions
Scheduling an Email Report of Notified Transactions

Inspect Content With Data Security Policies

Inspect Content With Data Security Policies

Understanding Data Security Policies

Understanding the Data Security Tab
Understanding Why No Policies Are Listed

Viewing Data Security Policies

Switching Between the Access Policies and Data Security Tabs
Viewing the List of Data Security Policies
Understanding the Data Security Policy Details Panel

Creating a Data Security Policy

Understanding the Create Policy Panel
Creating a Data Security Policy
Adding a Rule to a Data Security Policy
Returning to AI Security After Creating a Policy

Managing Data Security Policies

Editing a Data Security Policy
Deleting a Data Security Policy

Review the AI Landscape

Review the AI Landscape

Opening and Filtering the Dashboard

Understanding the AI Landscape Tab
Understanding the Sanctioned View
Understanding the Unsanctioned View
Opening the AI Governance Dashboard
Changing the Reporting Time Period
Filtering the Dashboard by a Specific AI Application
Refreshing the Dashboard Data
Checking When the Dashboard Data Was Last Updated

Reviewing Sanctioned AI Applications

Viewing the List of Sanctioned AI Applications in Your Environment
Viewing Data Security Violation Counts on the AI Landscape Widgets
Opening the Detailed View for a Sanctioned AI Application

Reviewing an Application in Detail

Understanding the Sanctioned AI Detail Page
Understanding the Claude Details Page
Understanding the Microsoft Copilot Details Page
Understanding the Atlassian Details Page
Understanding Human, Agent, and Total Identities
Identifying the Top Users of an AI Application
Viewing Which Data Security Policies Matched
Viewing the Agents Detected for an Application
Understanding Why No Agent Activity Is Detected
Viewing the Connected Data Sources for Microsoft Copilot

Reviewing Data Security Violations for a Connected App

Opening the Sensitive Data Section for a Connected Application
Viewing Data Security Violation Events
Opening the Sensitive Data Exposure Tab From a Widget

Reviewing MCP Gateway Connections

Viewing the MCP Gateway Connections Monitored by AI Security
Opening the Detailed View for an MCP Gateway Connection

Reviewing Unsanctioned AI Applications

Understanding the Activity Mix Column
Understanding How Shadow AI Detection Works
Viewing the List of Unsanctioned AI Applications Detected in Your Environment
Identifying High-Risk Unsanctioned AI Applications

Reviewing Your Identity Landscape

Viewing the Identity Landscape Section

Troubleshooting an Empty Dashboard

Understanding the No Data Flows Yet Message
Starting to Populate the Dashboard With Data

Review Sensitive Data Exposure

Review Sensitive Data Exposure

Understanding the Sensitive Data Exposure Tab
Opening and Filtering the Exposure Tab

Reading the Exposure Summary Cards

Viewing the Total Number of DLP Violations
Interpreting the Change Against the Prior Period

Reviewing Violations by Classification

Understanding What Each Classification Covers
Viewing Violations by Classification

Reviewing Violations by AI Tool

Viewing Violations by AI Tool
Comparing Total Events Against Quarantined Events for a Tool
Identifying Which AI Tool Generates the Most Violations

Reviewing Recent High-Severity Events

Viewing Recent High-Severity Events
Understanding the Columns in the Events Table
Identifying the User Involved in an Event
Interpreting the Action Taken on an Event
Expanding an Event to See Which Policy and Rule Matched

Review Policy Effectiveness

Review Policy Effectiveness

Understanding the Policy Effectiveness Tab
Understanding the Policy Details Page
Opening and Filtering the Effectiveness Tab

Reading the Effectiveness Summary Cards

Viewing the Number of Active Policies

Reviewing DLP Policy Performance

Viewing the Hit Count for Each DLP Policy
Identifying Data Security Policies With No Hits
Identifying Access Control Policies With No Hits

Reviewing Access Control Policy Performance

Viewing the Hit Count for Each Access Control Policy

Troubleshoot AI Security

Troubleshoot AI Security

Troubleshooting App Connectors

Troubleshooting Microsoft Copilot Monitoring

How to Resolve Missing Copilot Activity After Connecting

Control Access With Access Policies
Creating an Access Policy

Creating an Access Policy

Start a new access policy and give it a name and description that make its purpose clear.

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