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Permission Audit

The Permission Audit analyzes who has access to which Confluence spaces, resolving group memberships to produce an effective access picture.

What is audited​

  • Space permission grants (direct and inherited).
  • Group membership for groups with space access.
  • Effective access per user across audited spaces.
  • Coverage signal: percentage of spaces included in the audit.

Running a Permission Audit​

  1. Navigate to Audit 360 in Confluence Settings.
  2. Select Permission Audit.
  3. Click Start audit. The audit resolves groups and effective permissions in the background.
  4. When complete, results appear in the Permission Audit view and are saved to the Audit Library.

Interpreting results​

The results show effective access by space and user. Use the filters to find:

  • Spaces with broad public or anonymous access.
  • Users with access to many spaces.
  • Groups with wide space coverage.

What is not collected​

  • Page-level permissions are not audited in this version.
  • Page body content is not stored.
  • Results contain counts and metadata signals only.