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5 questions enterprise teams ask before moving Jira to Cloud

Security reviews stall migrations. Not because Jira Cloud can’t pass them – it can – but because enterprise procurement teams...

One pillar, one year, and one thing we got wrong

About a year and a half ago, we signed CISA’s Secure by Design pledge. Seven goals, twelve months, and a...

GitHub backup for SOC 2 and ISO 27001: What compliance actually requires

Your auditor doesn’t care that GitHub is reliable. They care whether you can prove your code, your history, and your...

Jira backup for compliance: Meeting SOC 2, ISO 27001, and audit retention requirements

When your auditor asks how you recover Jira data after an incident, “Atlassian handles it” is not an answer that...

What backup retention policies satisfy GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 for Jira data?

Answer: No single retention period satisfies all three frameworks because they impose different and sometimes opposing requirements. GDPR demands data...

How do you integrate SaaS backup status into a compliance dashboard?

Answer: By using API-based backup verification feeds: a programmatic interface that exposes backup success, retention compliance, last-restore-test date, and access...

Do you need different backup policies for different Jira projects?

Answer: Yes. A single backup policy across all Jira projects produces simultaneous over-protection and under-protection: low-value projects consume storage and...

How do you prove least privilege for SaaS backups in a SOC 2 audit?

Answer: To prove least privilege for SaaS backups under SOC 2 (specifically Common Criteria 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3), you need:...

How MFA works in Rewind, and how to upgrade your protection

MFA is now mandatory for all Rewind accounts. The good news: for most users, there’s nothing to set up. We’ve...