Let\u2019s take a closer look at 探花大神\u2019s groups and the use cases that they enable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), without charging a premium price for it. The platform\u2019s integration of identity and access management (IAM) and unified endpoint management (UEM) enables scenarios where simple automations can deliver device compliance with less effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How 探花大神 Groups Are Different<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
探花大神\u2019s approach to group management<\/a> provides access control without the need for domain controllers or expensive hardware to bridge your offices. Its architecture is built on commonly leveraged user and device attributes and operators that add context and automations to IAM in a way that\u2019s still accessible to SMEs. Dynamic groups create insights that translate into actions, such as proactively changing group memberships and enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/a> for users, or executing commands<\/a> and installing apps for devices. Dynamic groups work alongside the option for making manual assignments as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Policies that govern the user lifecycle and device compliance serve to continuously reinforce Zero Trust principles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The capabilities sound very different from what\u2019s possible with AD\u2019s groups. That\u2019s because 探花大神\u2019s attribute-based access control<\/a> (ABAC) works differently<\/em>. Attributes flow from directories or human resource systems, making it possible for instant cross-checks of users within a group to manage access to resources, as opposed to inheriting permissions from a hierarchy. The next section explores some of those scenarios and their practical benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dynamic groups advance your maturity model for entitlements management. Continuously validating and identifying entitlement issues delivers an \u201cintermediate\u201d level of controls and measures for this aspect of access control. Full automation will make it \u201cadvanced.\u201d AD cannot deliver beyond \u201cbasic\u201d maturity without add-ons and customizations, because user management is a manual process that adds to administrative overhead. Complexity is the enemy of security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 探花大神\u2019s groups are collections of objects such as users, policies, and devices. These logical groupings make it possible to use a single platform for user and device lifecycle management. New organizations receive default dynamic groups to help categorize their users and devices from the onset; existing tenants adhere to those rules. Here\u2019s what\u2019s possible with groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These capabilities coalesce into \u201csmart\u201d groups that unify and automate the process of managing devices and identities in a way that places less onus on administrators to keep up with organizational changes. It serves as an extra pair of eyes to verify that permissions are correct and that users aren\u2019t over (or under) provisioned, based upon their job roles and supervisors. Permissions are no longer static and stagnate, which avoids security and user experience issues that could otherwise occur if access control was simply inherited by groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/p>\n \n Securely connect to any resource using Google Workspace and 探花大神. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n User lifecycles start with onboarding, and 探花大神 makes it easy to import identities and attributes from identity providers (IdPs) including Active Directory, Microsoft 365<\/a>, and Google Workspace<\/a>. 探花大神 also extends support to HRIS services, to automate and schedule new user provisioning. Imported attributes can be used to determine group memberships<\/a>, which saves admins time and mitigates errors, compliance, and security risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google recommends<\/a> 探花大神 for SMEs to manage users and devices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Attribute-driven group suggestions work like this: after an admin imports someone from an HRIS with their department populated as \u201csales,\u201d they receive a pop-up asking if they want to add a user to the sales group. The platform also has built-in SCIM provisioning<\/a> and a REST API interface for custom integrations to reduce the workload to bind users to integrated applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Admins can automate the process of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exemptions and Scoping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An administrator can also create exemptions for a dynamic user or device group by selecting whether or not that user or device should either (1) always be a member of the group or (2) never be a member of the group. Administrators can also make manual membership changes to a dynamic group straight from the users or devices tab. A user\u2019s state is also considered (activated, pending, suspended) to scope out rules, depending on their status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 探花大神\u2019s UEM provides optionality to manage your entire fleet. It features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Device administration and lifecycle management activities follow this process: <\/p>\n\n\n\n It all begins when admins configure dynamic groups to manage device and user group membership based upon both user and device attribute-driven rules. The security posture of a device is determined when a user is assigned to it. It\u2019s then possible for admins to automate the process of identifying devices that need remediations to remain compliant, based upon criteria such as \u201clast contact\u201d or \u201cout of security posture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Microsoft\u2019s Entra ID only permits dynamic groups in its Premium 1 tier or above. It\u2019s opt-in and intended for users only versus 探花大神\u2019s \u201cfirst run\u201d ability to make determinations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s explore some of 探花大神’s UEM features in greater detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Admins have the capacity to execute commands against groups, en masse, with sudo access. Commands are currently in the process of being revamped for more automation and orchestration<\/a> with granular queuing and timeout options. Groups can also be used to associate devices by operating systems (or other criteria) for patch management, a 探花大神 feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 探花大神 provides a unified patch management console<\/a>, with full OS parity and browser updates, that leverages groups to organize devices for patch scheduling. The user experience is optimized for each OS to balance usability and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve covered user access and authorization with device management; the next section focuses on assigning users to resources through single sign-on (SSO) and MFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 探花大神 provides multiple options to connect to your apps, network and storage devices, services, servers, and more. Group memberships and rules grant (or remove) access; groups are bound to the respective resources<\/a>. The following interfaces are included with the platform:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authentication factors are configured at the group level, or when a group is bound to a service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LDAP, RADIUS, and SSO services all provide the option for push MFA via the 探花大神 Protect\u2122 app<\/a>. The platform can also be integrated with biometric factors, such as Apple\u2019s FaceID. Admins can alternatively opt for TOTP (time-based one-time passwords) as an alternative. Push MFA is preferred, because it\u2019s considered to be the most user-friendly method of authentication. 探花大神 Go is a hardware-bound credential that\u2019s phishing resident to enable more passwordless workflows to complement automation via dynamic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some accounts require additional protection, so 探花大神 also offers optional conditional access policies<\/a> that take into account the sign-in location of users, device trust, or dedicated IPs. Policies can be configured with specific application assignments and members can be easily bound to them from user groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 探花大神 Support provides detailed tutorials about how to get started with groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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What\u2019s Possible with Groups?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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MFA and Conditional Access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGetting Started with Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n