Introduction Of One Identity Safegaurd

One Identity Safegaurd is mainly used for managing and securing Privileged Access of an organization. The path to PAM is Privileged Sessions->Privileged Passwords-> Least Privilege->Privileged Analytics->Privileged Governance. Among these One Identity Safegaurd mainly focuses on the three modules: Privileged Passwords, Privileged Sessions and Privileged Analytics.

Privileged Sessions and Privileged Passwords are the main two components of One Identity Safegaurd, where Privileged Analytics acts as the part of the session proxy. You can’t run analytics without session proxy.

Safegaurd Wordings:

The wordings in Safegaurd will be varied compared to other tools, which are as follows:

• Asset: Managed system or device such as server that safeguard protects and manages. Kind of target system

• Accounts: A user or a service account that is associated with a asset. (Privileged Accounts).

• Users: Individuals who are authorized to access and interact with the system. (Human Accounts).

• Entitlement: Acts as a container of access policies that define what users can do with specific accounts.

• Partition: Group things with usual (i.e) Grouping of Assets like servers, apps and accounts.

Safegaurd Privileged Password (SPP)

1. Like same as Cyberark, One Identity Safegaurd Privileged Password is used to secure and manage credentials for privileged accounts.

2. In Safegaurd Privileged Password there will be a separate portal to manage those. You can rotate, view and request the credentials to make it even more secure.

3. SPP securely stores and handles privileged passwords. It rotates passwords automatically, stores them in a secure vault, provides approval workflows, and integrates with services such as Active Directory. This minimizes manual handling and enhances password security.

4. In SPP Workflow is nothing but, that supports whether who to review the access? how many times does the access needs to be open for everyone? will the access need multiple reviewers? These configurations will be coming under Workflow module.

5. You can connect with custom applications with the help of Starling and custom Platform so that those accounts passwords can be managed effectively using Safegaurd Privileged Password.

6. With host, directory, and network-discovery options, you may quickly identify any privileged account or system on your network.

Safegaurd for Privileged Sessions

1. SPS interact mainly with proxy itself and then the proxy reaches out the password.

2. Remote Desktop Gateway Server will control the session connect and loads the privileged user password out of the password vault.

3. Username: example-demo-auto\test1

   example: Computer name (desktop to connect)

   auto: Auto login

   test1: Username

4. When an IT staff or a privileged admin logs into their database through Safegaurd, all their activities will be recorded even the small cursor movement will be recorded and managed later.

5. The admin will be logged into their database without entering their password and accessing their database securely.

6. Connection components will differ based on the endpoint. If it is a windows server, we will be connecting through RDP or If it is a linux we will be connecting through SSH.

7. Once they login, their activities will start monitored using SPS. Every monitored session will be stored and can be managed efficiently.

8. Entering a specific command in SPS to prevent users from using it in their target systems is another effective method of preventing users from retrieving the information. An alarm notice will appear if they attempt to utilize it.

9. Thus, the SPS plays a major role in securing the privileged accounts while connecting to their targets.

Conclusion

The most extensive collection of privileged access management solutions in the market is included in the One Identity portfolio. With solutions for granular delegation of the UNIX root account and the Active Directory administrator account, add-ons to make open source sudo enterprise-ready, and keystroke logging for UNIX root activities—all of which are closely integrated with the top Active Directory bridge solution in the market—you can expand the capabilities of One Identity Safeguard.