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After Login: First-Day Next Steps

Use this day-one checklist to move from an empty workspace to validated findings and clear ownership. Audience: New tenant admins and security leads. Typical setup time: 30-45 minutes.

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Use this day-one checklist to move from an empty workspace to validated findings and clear ownership.

Audience
New tenant admins and security leads
Typical time
30-45 minutes

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Before You Begin

  • Sign in as a workspace administrator with billing and settings access.
  • Pick one repository, image, or cloud account for the pilot integration.
  • Create a dedicated API key for that pilot integration at /api-keys.

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Step 1

Validate account and access setup

Confirm workspace readiness before inviting broader teams.

  • Review workspace details and billing status.
  • Verify both administrator and read-only access paths.
  • Confirm audit and alert settings are visible to authorized users.

What success looks like

Confirm audit and alert settings are visible to authorized users.

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Step 2

Connect the first ingestion path

Start with one high-signal scanner target, validate success, then expand.

  • Select one representative repository, image, or cloud account.
  • Create a dedicated API key for that integration.
  • Run a dry-run scan and submit results to validate end-to-end flow.

What success looks like

Run a dry-run scan and submit results to validate end-to-end flow.

Deploy the Pipeline Scanner

Step 3

Establish daily operating rhythm

Turn first findings into a repeatable review process with clear accountability.

  • Review findings and alerts to confirm severity mapping.
  • Assign owners for critical findings immediately.
  • Schedule a recurring security and engineering review cadence.

What success looks like

Schedule a recurring security and engineering review cadence.

Review and Prioritize Findings

What success looks like

  • Pilot scan submits successfully and appears in the Findings view.
  • Critical finding owners and review cadence are documented.
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