Github

FortiCASB offers an API-based approach, pulling data directly from Github via RESTful API. Then FortiCASB portal accesses the data collected through API queries with OAuth2.0 authentication. Subsequently, FortiCASB combines these data to monitor and track Github user activities, provides DLP Data Analysis for files stored on Github.

Prerequisites

The GitHub account must be one of these organization plans: GitHub free for Organizations, GitHub Team, or GitHub Enterprise. (Personal User account is NOT supported in FortiCASB.)

The GitHub account to be added to FortiCASB must be the Organization Owner, all other roles are not supported.

Add GitHub Account

Follow the steps below to add GitHub account on FortiCASB:

1. Log into FortiCASB with your account.
2. Go to Overview > Dashboard, click on Add New, select GitHub, then click Add Selected Cloud App.



3. Verify that the your Github account fulfills the requirement and click Next.



4. Fill in GitHub Organization Name and Username or e-mail address of the account, then click Grant Access@GitHub.



5. You will be redirected to GitHub OAuth page with request to authorize FortiCASB access to the Organization.
6. In Organization Access, click Grant to grant the user to access the organization, then click Authorize (username) to authorize the request. Then you will be re-direct back to FortiCASB.



7. After the GitHub OAuth validation, the add account process may take 15 minutes. You may check the status in Overview > Dashboard.