Prey

Connect Prey to collect mdm evidence with automated compliance tests, switched on per workspace.

Connect with an API token

1. In Prey:

   1. In the Prey Control Panel, go to the Settings tab and click the Developer API button.
   2. Generate your API key, optionally choosing an expiration date so access can lapse.
   3. Copy the key.

   The help-center page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the same article was read through the help center's article API. The Developer API is available for Prey Tracking, Prey Protection and Prey Full Suite. Prey has no narrower grant than the account key. One-time display was not confirmed.

   Source: support.preyproject.com, support.preyproject.com, checked 2026-10-07.

   The permissions Safeguard needs. Prey has no narrower grant for these reads. Safeguard only reads with it.

2. On Compliance › Connectors, open Prey, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:

   Field	What to enter
   API key	Required. Stored encrypted and never shown again.

3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

Safeguard's automated tests read Prey and map to the controls below. When a test passes, the result is evidence toward each control it maps to, in every framework listed. It is evidence toward a control, not proof that the control is met on its own.

These tests are switched on per workspace by the Safeguard team.

Related

• MDM connectors
• Compliance connectors: how connecting works, card statuses and multiple accounts
• Connector setup reference: every connector in one table
• Frameworks and connectors: how connectors provide evidence for frameworks