Fortinet black logo

Online Help

Dropbox Business

Copy Link
Copy Doc ID 6214e17c-9e13-11eb-b70b-00505692583a:332584

Dropbox Business

FortiCASB offers an API-based approach, pulling data directly from Box via RESTful API. Authentication is done through OAUth2.0. FortiCASB uses an access token for API queries.

Prerequisites

To use API access, your organization must be using one of the following Dropbox Business plans:

  • Standard Plan
  • Advanced Plan
  • Enterprise Plan

The user account installed in FortiCASB must have the following permission:

  • Team Admin

You may either use an existing account or create a new account.

Installation

  1. Log into FortiCASB, go to Dashboard > Business Unit Overview, and click Add New.
  2. Select Dropbox, and click Add Selected Cloud App.
  3. Click OK.You will be navigated to the Dropbox website for authentication.
  4. Log in to authenticate. Dropbox will prompt you to allow or deny access.
  5. Click Allow to grant FortiCASB permissions to monitor your Dropbox application.

After you click Allow, you will be redirected back to the FortiCASB dashboard.

You can check the installation result and SaaS platform monitoring status in the Dropbox dashboard.

For more information on common installation issues, see Troubleshooting

Dropbox Business

FortiCASB offers an API-based approach, pulling data directly from Box via RESTful API. Authentication is done through OAUth2.0. FortiCASB uses an access token for API queries.

Prerequisites

To use API access, your organization must be using one of the following Dropbox Business plans:

  • Standard Plan
  • Advanced Plan
  • Enterprise Plan

The user account installed in FortiCASB must have the following permission:

  • Team Admin

You may either use an existing account or create a new account.

Installation

  1. Log into FortiCASB, go to Dashboard > Business Unit Overview, and click Add New.
  2. Select Dropbox, and click Add Selected Cloud App.
  3. Click OK.You will be navigated to the Dropbox website for authentication.
  4. Log in to authenticate. Dropbox will prompt you to allow or deny access.
  5. Click Allow to grant FortiCASB permissions to monitor your Dropbox application.

After you click Allow, you will be redirected back to the FortiCASB dashboard.

You can check the installation result and SaaS platform monitoring status in the Dropbox dashboard.

For more information on common installation issues, see Troubleshooting