Enabling and Authorizing API Scanning in Forcepoint Data Security Cloud | SSE

Before you begin

Before proceeding, make sure you Enable API scanning in the Dropbox app settings page.

Steps

  1. On the Dropbox application settingspage, click Setup API.


  2. Click Enable API scanning at the top and then click Save in the top right. Once you have done this step you can now authorize the Forcepoint Data Security Cloud | SSE API.


    Note: To configure API policies with the Forcepoint DLP data pattern, refer to Configuring FSM controlled policies for CASB and SWG channels.
  3. Click the following link to authorize the API. You will need to log in with your Dropbox admin credentials.
  4. You will now be redirected to the authorization page to explicitly permit Forcepoint Data Security Cloud | SSE to access your account with the mentioned privileges. After logging in you will need to click Allow to give Forcepoint Data Security Cloud | SSE access to your organization's Dropbox account via API.

    If SSO is enabled for the admin account, make sure you login using the Dropbox password option.