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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.4 - Administration Guide

Introduction System requirements Installing the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords desktop client Setting up Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for the first time Getting acquainted with the console Privileged access requests Toolbox Accounts Account Groups Assets Asset Groups Directories Entitlements Partitions Settings
Access Request settings Appliance settings Asset Management settings Backup and Retention settings Certificate settings Cluster settings External Integration settings Messaging settings Profile settings Access settings Sessions settings
Users User Groups Disaster recovery Administrator permissions Preparing systems for management Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions
How do I access the API How do I audit transaction activity How do I configure external federation authentication How do I manage accounts on unsupported platforms How do I modify the appliance configuration settings How do I prevent Safeguard for Privileged Passwords messages when making RDP connections How do I see which assets and/or accounts are governed by a profile How do I set the appliance system time How do I setup discovery jobs How do Safeguard for Privileged Passwords database servers use SSL What are the access request states What do I do when an appliance goes into quarantine What is required for One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Privileged Sessions What is required to integrate with Starling Identity Analytics & Risk Intelligence What needs to be set up to use Application to Application What role-based email notifications are generated by default When does the rules engine run for dynamic grouping and tagging Why did the password change during an open request Why join Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to One Identity Starling
Safeguard Desktop Player Appendix: Safeguard ports

Account Groups tab

The Account Groups tab displays the account groups that contain the selected account.

Note: The Account Groups tab is only available to a user with Auditor permissions.

Click (or tap)  Add Account Group from the details toolbar to add the selected account to one or more account groups.

Table 33: Accounts: Account Groups tab properties
Property Description

Name

The account group name.

Dynamic

A check mark in this column indicates that the group is a dynamic account group.

Description

Information about the account group.

Related Topics

Adding an account to account groups

Check and Change Log tab

The Check and Change Log tab displays the password validation and reset history for the selected account.

Time Frame: By default the check and change log entries displayed are for the last 24 hours. Click (or tap) one of the time intervals at the top of the grid to display log entries for a different time frame. If the display does not refresh after selecting a different time interval, click (or tap) the Refresh.

Table 34: Accounts: Check and Change Log tab properties
Property Description
User The display name of the user that triggered the event.
Status

The status of the transaction:

  • Failure
  • Success
  • Queued
Reason A system message pertaining to the password validation and reset activity, such as the password matches the asset, or was changed successfully, or does not match the asset.
Type

The type of transaction:

  • Check Password
  • Change Password

NOTE: Check and Change Log only displays events that the appliance performs; that is, it only displays Check Password and Change Password transactions. It does not display Set Password transactions. For more information, see Checking, changing, or setting an account password.

Date

The date of the transaction.

NOTE: The time stamps for transactions are based on the user's local time.

Time

The time of the transaction.

NOTE: The time stamps for transactions are based on the user's local time.

Duration The amount of time the transaction took to complete.

History tab

The History tab allows you to view or export the details of each operation that has affected the selected account.

The History tab contains the following information:

  • Items: Total number of entries in the history log.

  • Search: For more information, see Search box.

  • Time Frame: By default the history details are displayed for the last 24 hours. Click (or tap) one of the time intervals at the top of the grid to display history details for a different time frame. If the display does not refresh after selecting a different time interval, click (or tap) Refresh.
Table 35: Accounts: History tab properties
Property Description
Date/Time The date and time of the event.
User The display name of the user that triggered the event.
Source IP The network DNS name or IP address of the managed system that triggered the event.
Object Name The name of the selected account.
Event

The type of operation made to the selected account:

  • Create
  • Delete
  • Update
  • Add Membership
  • Remove Membership

NOTE: A membership operation indicates a "relationship" change with a related or parent object such as the selected account was added or removed from the membership of an account group.

Related Object The name of the related object.
Related Object Type The type of the related object.
Parent The name of the object to which the selected account is a child.
Parent Object Type The parent object type.

Select an event to display this additional information for some types of events (for example, create and update events).

Table 36: Additional History tab properties
Property Description
Property The property that was updated.
Old Value The value of the property before it was updated.
New Value The new value of the property.

Exporting data

You can export history, activity log, or access request data to a file.

To export data

  1. Click (or tap)  Export to create a file in a location of your choice of all data in the results grid.
    • When you export historical information from a History tab or License history, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords creates a .csv file.

    • When you export activity log data from the Activity Center and Reports, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords creates a .json file.

    • When you export access request data from the Access Requests view, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords creates a .csv file.
  2. Open a .csv file in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel where you can perform data searches.
  3. JSON is a language-independent data format. Code for parsing and generating JSON data is readily available in many programming languages.
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