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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.5 - 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 and clusters 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, embedded sessions module 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

Login Control

It is the responsibility of the Appliance Administrator to configure the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords user login control settings, such as the number of failed sign-in attempts before locking out an account.

To configure the login controls

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Access | Login Control.
  2. Provide the following information:
    Token Lifetime

    Set the number of minutes a user can stay logged into Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.

    Range: 10 minutes to 28800 minutes (20 days)

    Default: 1440 minutes (1 day)

    Lockout Duration

    Set the number of minutes a locked out account remains locked.

    Range: 1 to 9999 minutes; A setting of 9999 requires an administrator to manually unlock the account.

    Default: 15 minutes

    Lockout Threshold

    Set the number of consecutive failed sign-in attempts within the Lockout Window required to lock a user account.

    If a user submits an incorrect password for the maximum number of times specified by the account Lockout Threshold settings within the Lockout Window, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords locks the account until the Lockout Duration period has been met.

    Range: 0 to 100 failed sign-in attempts; A value of 0 (zero) indicates the user’s account will never be locked due to failed log ins.

    Default: 5 consecutive failures

    TIP: Set the Lockout Threshold to a high enough number that authorized users are not locked out of their user accounts simply because they mistype a password.

    Lockout Window

    Set the duration (in minutes) in which Safeguard for Privileged Passwords increments the number of failed sign-in attempts.

    Range: 0 to 15 minutes; A value of 0 (zero) means that there is no time limit to tracking failed log on attempts.

    Default: 10 minutes

    Disable After

    Set the number of days to wait before automatically disabling an inactive user account.

    If a user has not logged onto Safeguard for Privileged Passwords this number of days, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords disables the user account.

    NOTE: The Authorizer Administrator must also reset the user's password when re-enabling a disabled account.

    Range: 14 to 365 days

    Default: 365 days

    Inform User of Disabled Account

    Select this option to inform users when Safeguard for Privileged Passwords has disabled their account when they attempt to log in. When cleared, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords tells the user that his or her access has been denied.

    NOTE: For security reasons, One Identity recommends leaving this option cleared, unless you are troubleshooting login and authentication problems.

    A disabled user cannot sign into Safeguard for Privileged Passwords until an administrator has re-enabled his or her account. For more information, see Enabling or disabling a user.

    Default: Not set

    Inform User of Locked Account

    Select this option to inform users when Safeguard for Privileged Passwords has locked their account when they attempt to log in. When cleared, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords tells the user that his or her access has been denied.

    NOTE: For security reasons, One Identity recommends leaving this option cleared, unless you are troubleshooting login and authentication problems.

    A user with a locked account cannot sign into Safeguard for Privileged Passwords until the Lockout Duration period has been met or an administrator has unlocked the account. For more information, see Unlocking a user's account.

    Default: Not set

    Minimum Password Age

    Set the number of days a user must wait before changing his or her password.

    Range: 0 to 14 days

    Default: 0

    Maximum Password Age

    Set the number of days users can use their current password before they must change it.

    Range: 0 to 180 days; A value of 0 (zero) indicates passwords never expire.

    Default: 42 days

    Password Age Reminder

    Set the period of time (in days) before the Maximum Password Age limit is met and Safeguard for Privileged Passwords begins to remind the user that their password is about to expire.

    Range: 0 to 30 days

    Default: 14 days

    Password History

    Enter the number of old passwords stored by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for user accounts. Stored passwords cannot be reused, and are replaced on a first-in first-out basis.

    NOTE: Administrators are not restricted by the password history setting.

    Range: 0 to 24 old passwords; A value of 0 (zero) disables password history restrictions allowing users to always reuse old passwords.

    Default: 5 stored passwords

Password Rules

Password rules define the complexity requirements for user authentication to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. Some companies suggest or impose requirements on what type of password a user can create, such as:

  • The use of both upper- and lower-case letters.
  • Inclusion of one or more numerical digits.
  • Inclusion of special characters, such as @, #, $ and so forth.

Note: These rules only apply to local users; they do not impact users accessing Safeguard for Privileged Passwords from an external provider such as Microsoft Active Directory. The password rules are listed in the Set password dialog. For more information, see Setting a local user's password.

Related Topics

Access settings

Modifying user password requirements

Account Password Rules

Modifying user password requirements

It is the responsibility of the Authorizer Administrator to configure the user password rules.

To configure user password rules

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Access | Password Rules.

  2. Set the Password Length from 3 to 255 characters.

    Default: 6 to 64 characters

    Note: The maximum length must be equal to or greater than the sum of minimum characters described in the next step.

  3. Set the character Requirements:
    First Character Type

    Choose one of the following:

    • All: Alphabetical, numeric, or symbols
    • Alphanumeric: Alphabetical or numeric
    • Alphabetic: Only alphabetical characters

    Default: All

    Last Character Type

    Choose one of the following:

    • All: Alphabetical, numeric, or symbols
    • Alphanumeric: Alphabetical or numeric
    • Alphabetic: Only alphabetical characters

    Default: All

    Allow Consecutively Repeated Characters

    Select this option to allow a user to create a password with consecutively repeated characters.

    		 NOTE: Clear this option to disallow consecutively repeated characters.

    Default: Allowed

    Allow Uppercase

    Select this option to allow Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to create a password with uppercase characters.

    Set the minimum number of required uppercase characters, or set it to zero if there is no minimum requirement.

    NOTE: Clear this option to disallow uppercase characters.

    Default: Require a minimum of 1.

    Allow Lowercase

    Select this option to allow a user to create a password with lowercase characters.

    Set the minimum number of required lowercase characters, or set it to zero if there is no minimum requirement.

    NOTE: Clear this option to disallow lowercase characters.

    Default: Require a minimum of 1.

    Allow Numeric (0-9)

    Select this option to allow a user to create a password with numeric characters.

    Set the minimum number of required numeric characters, or set it to zero if there is no minimum requirement.

    NOTE: Clear this option to disallow numeric characters.

    Default: Require a minimum of 1.

    Allow Symbols (e.g @ # $ % &)

    Select this option to allow a user to create a password with special characters.

    Set the minimum number of required symbolic characters, or set it to zero if there is no minimum requirement.

    		 NOTE: Clear this option to disallow special characters.

    Default: Not allowed

    Valid Symbols

    Enter allowable special characters, such as: ~!@#$%^*()_+-=;'?/\|><.,`[]{}.

    		 NOTE: You must have the Allow Symbols option selected to enable this box.

Sessions settings

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords enables you to issue privileged access to users for a specific period or session and gives you the ability to record, archive, and replay user sessions so that your company can meet its auditing and compliance requirements.

It is the responsibility of the Appliance Administrator to configure the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Privileged Sessions settings.

If a Safeguard Sessions Appliance is joined to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords, sessions configuration is handled via Safeguard for Privileged Session.

Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Sessions.

Table 220: Sessions settings
Setting Description
Session Recordings Storage Management Where you assign an archive server to an appliance for storing session recordings produced by that appliance.
Sessions Module Where you can view the current status of the sessions module, enable debug logging and reset the sessions module if the Privileged Sessions module is not responding and users cannot connect to their target systems.
SSH Banner

Where you define the banner text shown to session users notifying them that they are being recorded.

SSH Host Key Where you specify the SSH key to be used for authentication to an SSH session.
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