Dropbox

Remove unnecessary access to Dropbox files.

Review team members, linked apps, and sharing permissions through the Dropbox Business connection. Act on eligible access issues without downloading file contents.

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Dropbox Business · Metadata-based connection

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Capabilities

What this integration covers.

See your team and connected apps.

Bring Dropbox team members and linked applications into your security review.

Find unnecessary sharing.

Review file and folder metadata, sharing members, and shared-link details.

Remove access through Elba.

Revoke eligible shared links or app connections, remove sharing members, and suspend eligible team members.

Example workflow

Revoke a shared link that is no longer needed.

How the integration supports a specific security task.

01
Identify the shared link
Elba brings an eligible Dropbox shared link and its file metadata into view.
02
Review access
Your team reviews whether that sharing access is still needed.
Revoke the link
The shared link is revoked through the connected Dropbox source.

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Before you connect

Coverage, permissions, and requirements.

The Dropbox Business connector reads supported team and sharing metadata. Its documented file scope reads file and folder metadata without downloading file content.

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Does elba download Dropbox file content?

The documented files.metadata.read scope reads file and folder metadata without downloading file content. Review the live Dropbox authorization screen for the complete current grant.

Can elba revoke a linked Dropbox application?

Yes, for supported linked applications exposed as eligible by the active connector and remediation workflow.

Can elba change Dropbox sharing?

The connector supports removing eligible sharing members and revoking supported shared links. The action must be available for the specific item in elba.

Where should an administrator verify the requested permissions?

Use the live Dropbox authorization screen as the exhaustive source, because the enabled application grant can change independently of older documentation.

Coverage and requirements

The Dropbox authorization screen is the exhaustive source for the currently enabled grant; capabilities can vary with connector configuration.
The documented metadata scope does not download file content.
Direct actions apply only to supported members, linked applications, sharing members and shared links exposed as eligible in elba.
Detection and remediation can vary by source state, object type and workspace configuration.

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