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Freshservice

Connect Freshservice to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

Connect Freshservice to collect ticketing evidence with automated compliance tests, switched on per workspace.

CategoryTicketing
Connect withAPI token
What a connection producesAutomated compliance tests
Freshservice's guideapi.freshservice.com

Connect with an API token

  1. In Freshservice:

    1. Log in to your Freshservice support portal.
    2. Click your profile picture in the top right corner and go to the Profile settings page.
    3. Copy your API key, shown below the change password section on the right.

    Where to find the other values:

    The API key acts with the agent's own permissions; there is no read-only key, so use an agent whose role only views tickets. Freshservice also supports OAuth 2.0 with per-endpoint scopes (the fetched page names freshservice.tickets.create as an example); the click path to create an OAuth app was not on the fetched page. Username/password basic auth was deprecated on May 31, 2023. Verification: the fetched page does not say whether the key can be viewed again.

    Source: api.freshservice.com, checked 2026-10-07.

    The permissions Safeguard needs: freshservice.tickets.view.

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

    FieldWhat to enter
    DomainOptional. The part before .freshservice.com in your address.
    API keyOptional. Stored encrypted and never shown again.

    Or, instead: Access token (optional).

  3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

Safeguard's automated tests read Freshservice 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.

FrameworkEvidenceControlsTests
SOC2Automated testsCC6.2, CC7.1, CC7.3, CC7.44
ISO/IEC 27001Automated testsA.5.18, A.5.25, A.5.26, A.6.5, A.8.84
HIPAA Security RuleAutomated tests164.308(a)(3), 164.308(a)(6)4
PCI DSSAutomated tests6.3.3, 8.2.5, 12.10.14
NIST CSF 2.0Automated testsPR.AA-05, RS.MA-02, RS.MA-03, RS.MI-024

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

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