Bitbucket Integration with Strobes: Secure Your Code from the First Commit

Security issues rarely begin in production they start in source code. Bitbucket, used across thousands of teams for version control, is often where vulnerabilities first get introduced. But scanning code after deployment is too late. This is where Strobes makes a difference.

As part of its Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform, Strobes integrates with Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Server to bring code-level visibility into your exposure management workflows without disrupting developer velocity.

Let’s unpack how this integration works, why teams rely on it, and what value it brings to both security and engineering functions.

What Is Bitbucket?

Bitbucket is a Git-based repository hosting service built for professional teams. It provides version control, branching strategies, and tight integration with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, and Atlassian Pipelines.

Organizations use Bitbucket to manage code across microservices, monoliths, and everything in between.

Key capabilities of Bitbucket include:

• Git-based distributed version control
• Support for CI/CD pipelines through Bitbucket Pipelines
• Integration with Jira and other Atlassian tools
• Repository-level access controls and project visibility
• Audit logs and compliance support for regulated teams

However, while Bitbucket centralizes your source code operations, it doesn’t offer native security scanning or vulnerability management. That’s where teams run into blind spots.

What Is Strobes?

Strobes is a CTEM platform built to connect security data across the software lifecycle. Instead of working in silos, Strobes links scanners, asset context, remediation workflows, and risk intelligence into a single operating layer.

Key capabilities of Strobes include:

• Native SAST, SCA, and credential scanners
• Integration with Git repositories, ticketing systems, and cloud workloads
• Risk scoring based on exploitability, asset value, and exposure
• Deduplication across tools and timeframes
• Structured workflows for remediation, audit tracking, and SLA enforcement

With Bitbucket as the source and Strobes as the orchestration engine, you get continuous visibility into code security starting from the first commit.

Why This Integration Exists

The Bitbucket–Strobes integration was built for teams who:

• Use Bitbucket Cloud or Server for software versioning
• Need pre-deployment scanning to catch issues early
• Want visibility into SAST/SCA findings tied to repositories
• Seek automation around remediation and team ownership
• Aim to reduce overhead from duplicated or irrelevant findings

By connecting Bitbucket to Strobes, teams can ingest repo metadata, trigger scans on commit, enrich findings with context, and auto-assign tickets all within one feedback loop.

What the Integration Actually Does

Here’s how the integration works end to end:

1. Repository Connection & Metadata Ingestion

Once the integration is enabled, Strobes connects to Bitbucket using API credentials (OAuth for Cloud or Personal Access Token for Server). It automatically pulls:

• Repository metadata: repo name, project key, owner, last updated
• Commit history and branch information
• Pull request and merge activity
• File structure for targeted scanning

You can define scan rules per branch (e.g., main, develop) and trigger security checks on commit or pull request.

2. Integrated Code Scanning (SAST, SCA, and Credential Checks)

Strobes supports both native and external tools for scanning Bitbucket repositories:

• CodeQL: for identifying code-level logic flaws
• Gitleaks: for exposing hardcoded API keys, tokens, and credentials
• Snyk or JFrog Xray: for open-source dependency risks (SCA)
• SonarQube/SonarCloud: for code quality and security issues

Strobes scans the codebase automatically based on push/merge events or a defined schedule.

3. Normalization, Correlation, and Deduplication

Once findings are ingested:

• Duplicate issues across multiple commits or branches are collapsed
• Reopened issues retain history instead of showing as new
• Results from multiple scanners (e.g., CodeQL + Gitleaks) are merged
• Previously resolved issues are closed automatically if no longer detected

This significantly reduces manual triage.

4. Risk Scoring and Prioritization

Each finding from Bitbucket undergoes contextual scoring based on:

• Exploitability (public PoCs, known attack activity)
• Repository criticality (linked service, exposure, environment)
• Asset ownership and business impact (e.g., tagged “payments” or “prod”)

This helps teams focus only on findings with real-world consequences instead of chasing low-priority alerts.

5. Automated Remediation Workflows

With prioritization done, findings flow through automation pipelines:

• Tickets are created in Jira, Azure Boards, or ServiceNow
• Assignments are based on repo ownership, teams, or tags
• SLAs are applied per finding, with countdowns based on severity
• Fix validation is triggered post-remediation via re-scanning
• Status is synced in real-time across teams and tools

No more spreadsheets or email chains everything is traceable and auditable.

6. Unified Reporting and Continuous Feedback

Dashboards in Strobes provide:

• Repo-wise vulnerability status
• Trends by scanner, severity, and resolution
• SLA adherence and remediation performance
• Compliance mapping for ISO, NIST, and SOC 2
• Historical context on recurring issues or delayed fixes

Teams can report findings with confidence whether it’s for the CISO, audit, or engineering lead.

Strategic Value Delivered

This integration is not about replacing your existing processes—it’s about optimizing them. Here’s what changes:

Built for Scale and Complexity

Whether you’re a fintech team running 200 microservices or an enterprise with global repositories, the integration supports:

• Bitbucket Cloud and Server variants
• Multi-repository sync with filtered branch coverage
• Role-based access controls across Strobes users
• Scanner assignment per repo/project
• Multi-region asset grouping for regulated geographies

It’s designed to plug into your existing development process not replace it.

Final Thoughts

Bitbucket holds the source of your software stack. Integrating it with Strobes turns that source into a signal early, contextual, and actionable.

This is not about catching issues late. It’s about embedding security from the moment code is written, with clear accountability, automation, and visibility.

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