Push Cobalt Findings to Jira

Streamline your remediation workflows with the Jira integration.

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How Auto-Push Works

Once an Organization Owner or Member has enabled the Jira integration on a pentest, findings start to automatically synchronize with the selected Jira project. The Auto-Push option is enabled by default.

Here’s how auto-push works:

• When a new finding in the Pending Fix state is created on a pentest in Cobalt, a new issue is created in your Jira project.
  • The issue status in Jira is based on the project configuration. It’s the first status in your project workflow, for example, To Do.
  • If the integration is enabled on a pentest with existing findings, Jira tickets are created for them retroactively.
• Findings whose state is not Pending Fix are not automatically pushed to Jira. If the finding state changes to Pending Fix, the finding is automatically pushed.
• Once an issue is created in Jira, the issue ID appears on the finding in Cobalt under External Issue Tracking. Click the link to navigate to the issue.

Turn Auto-Push on or Off

As an Organization Owner or Member, you can turn auto-push on or off for specific pentests as needed.

1. In Cobalt, go to Integrations > Jira > Configuration.
2. For the desired pentest, turn the Auto-Push toggle on or off.

When auto-push is turned off, Jira issue statuses are still synchronized with Cobalt finding states.

Push Findings Manually

As a Pentest Team Member, you can push findings to Jira manually—if they’re not already synchronized. This may be needed if:

• Auto-push is turned off on a pentest; or
• The finding state is other than Pending Fix, even though auto-push is enabled. If you want to push findings in other states, you can do it manually.

To push a finding to Jira manually:

1. On the pentest page, navigate to the Findings tab, and select the desired finding.
2. Select External Issue Tracking, then select Create issue in JIRA.