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Trello Integration Guide

Learn how to connect Trello to Drata to monitor security tickets and support vulnerability management workflows.

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The Trello integration allows organizations to connect their Trello workspace to Drata so security-related tickets can be referenced as part of vulnerability management monitoring. When connected, Drata can review Trello tickets used to track security issues and help provide supporting evidence that vulnerabilities are being tracked and prioritized through your organization’s ticketing workflow.


Key Capabilities

  • Security Ticket Visibility: Reference Trello tickets used to track security issues

  • Severity Tracking: Identify tickets based on severity labels configured during setup

  • Compliance Evidence Support: Use Trello ticket data as supporting evidence for vulnerability management monitoring


Prerequisites & Data Access

Trello Access Requirements

  • You must have Admin access to your organization’s Trello account.

  • You must have access to the Trello boards where security issues are tracked.

Drata Role Requirements

To create or modify connections, you must have one of the following Drata roles with write access:

  • Admin

  • Workspace Manager

  • DevOps Engineer

Access Reviewers can view the connection page but cannot modify connection settings.


Permissions & Data Table

Permission/Scope

Why It’s Needed

Board access

Allows Drata to retrieve Trello tickets used to track security issues

Label access

Allows Drata to identify tickets categorized as security issues

Card metadata access

Allows Drata to review ticket labels and status information


Step-by-Step Setup

Step 1: Connect Trello in Drata

  1. Log in to Drata → go to the Connections page.

  2. Navigate to Available Connections.

  3. Search for and start the Trello connection process.

  4. You will be redirected to Trello to authorize the integration. After authorization, you will return to Drata where the connection will be automatically confirmed.

Expected outcome:
Trello is successfully connected to Drata.


Step 2: Configure Security Ticket Labels

During the connection setup, you will configure the labels used to identify security-related tickets in Trello.

  • Security Label: Enter the label your team uses in Trello to categorize security issues.

Example:

Security

Drata uses this label to identify which Trello tickets represent security issues.


Severity Labels

You can also configure the labels used to represent severity levels for security tickets.

Severity Level

Example Label

Critical

Critical

High

High

Medium

Medium

Low

Low

Drata references these labels to understand how security tickets are categorized by severity.


Important Notes

  • Label configuration: Ensure the labels entered during setup match the labels used in your Trello workflow.

  • Security ticket identification: Trello tickets must include the configured security label to be recognized as security issues.

  • Severity labels: These labels are used to categorize tickets by severity level.

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