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Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By : Eren Kalelioğlu
Book Image

Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By: Eren Kalelioğlu

Overview of this book

Implementing Atlassian Confluence is an all-encompassing guide to the essential concepts of distributed work and leveraging Confluence to create a world-class collaboration environment. This book begins with an introduction to enterprise collaboration concepts and explains how to set up Confluence. You’ll quickly proceed to creating and maintaining dynamic content, effective cross-functional collaboration, and employing Confluence applications in scenarios such as software project management and knowledge bases. You’ll discover how to use Jira Service Management together with Confluence, set up personal spaces, implement centralized user management, address security risks, and explore suggested solutions on Confluence. Furthermore, you’ll integrate and extend Confluence with other Atlassian and third-party software. The book also contains tips and guidance on managing Confluence adoption, enabling you to focus on your team and provide them with a state-of-the-art remote collaboration environment. Complete with practical business scenarios, best practices, and examples, this book will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of Atlassian Confluence’s capabilities for enhancing collaboration within cross-functional teams.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1:Preparing for Confluence
7
Part 2:Building a Real Confluence Site
13
Part 3:Scaling Business

Summary

Scaling Confluence is a complex task that requires careful planning and consideration, especially regarding security. In this chapter, we have outlined the integral components that make up a secure scaling strategy. We saw that identifying security requirements involves understanding your organization’s specific needs and implementing robust access control to ensure that permissions are well-defined. Also, we have learned that including real-time auditing and monitoring adds another layer of protection. Furthermore, we covered how Confluence Cloud handles data security and backups and how creating and maintaining a security checklist can guide your ongoing efforts. These components form a comprehensive approach to security in the scaling process. In the Further readings section of this chapter, we include useful links to give you more information about how Atlassian handles information security.

In the next chapter, we will delve deeper into the intricacies of protecting...