One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.9 - Administration Guide

What's new in version 2.5

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.5 introduces the following new features and enhancements.

Directory based user discovery (713614 and 761638)

When adding a new directory based user group, the Authorizer Administrator or the User Administrator now have the option to:

• Configure primary and secondary authentication providers and
• Set administrator permissions on the imported or updated Safeguard for Privileged Passwords users.

In addition, any managed directory accounts that exist in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords at the time of the import process (or during the background synchronization of the directory), can automatically be assigned to a Safeguard user as a linked account. That association will be dependent upon the value of an attribute from the directory (such as "managedObjects" or "directReports" in Active Directory or "seeAlso" in OpenLDAP 2.4).

Offline Workflow (782735)

To ensure password consistency and individual accountability for privileged accounts, when an appliance loses consensus in the cluster access requests are disabled. In the event of an extended network partition, the Appliance Administrator can manually place an appliance in Offline Workflow Mode to run access request workflow on that appliance in isolation from the rest of the cluster. When the network issues are resolved and connectivity is reestablished, the Appliance Administrator can manually resume online operations to merge audit logs, drop any in flight access requests, and return the appliance to full participation in the cluster.

It is recommended that no changes to cluster membership are made while an appliance is in Offline Workflow Mode. The Appliance Administrator must manually restore the online operations before adding other nodes to ensure the appliance can seamlessly reintegrate with the cluster.

What's new in version 2.6

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.6 introduces the following new features and enhancements.

Automatic Offline Workflow Mode (794644)

To reduce potential downtime, the Appliance Administrator can configure Offline Workflow Mode to be performed automatically. Offline Workflow Mode allows an appliance that has lost consensus (quorum) to operate in isolation from the cluster to process access requests using cached policy data.

To ensure the outage is not a short-lived outage, the default time before the appliance is automatically switched to Offline Workflow Mode is 15 minutes. The time threshold can be changed to 5 minutes or more.

If automatic Offline Workflow Mode is enabled, you can enable automatic Resume Online Workflow so the appliance automatically resumes online operations once consensus is restored. The minutes to wait after consensus is restored before automatically resuming online workflow defaults to 15 minutes. The time threshold can be changed to 5 minutes or more.

When Offline Workflow Mode settings are configured to run automatically, an Appliance Administrator can override the automatic settings and manually place an appliance in Offline Workflow Mode or manually restore an appliance to online workflow, as needed.

The user views status messages that clearly communicate the appliance state and the ability to request passwords.

This new feature is available via Settings | Cluster | Offline Workflow.

Export a report as a .csv or .json file (788932)

Administrators and users can export a report to a .csv or .json file to easily view, manipulate, and share data. This functionality includes entitlement reports, Activity Center exports, Activity Center scheduled reports, account automation reports, and access request reports.

Identity provider initiated single sign on flow (788935)

To enable users to have a centralized logon experience, an Appliance Administrator can configure their identity provider to redirect to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. All security requirements, such as two-factor authentication, are enforced. For example, a user can go to a portal, authenticate against their identity provider, and select an application, including Safeguard, based on their organizational role. Safeguard accepts the “unsolicited” SAML 2.0 response assertion and logs in the user without additional authentication.

Systems Integrators can offer Safeguard as an application in their single sign-on (SSO) portal. Support personnel can then click the appropriate tool on their dashboard to access Safeguard for Privileged Passwords and Safeguard for Privileged Sessions.

This feature only works with SAML 2.0 and the web user interface, not the desktop client.

Policy allows password requests to include all linked accounts (776867)

A Policy Administrator can create a policy that allows a user's password request to include access to assets for all the accounts linked to the user's account. For example, if a company uses personal admin accounts in Active Directory, a single policy can be created to grant password access to each user with a personal admin account.

This function is set by selecting the following check box: Entitlements | Access Request Policy | Access Config | Allow password access to linked accounts.

Restore a backup from a previous version (790917)

An Appliance Administrator can restore backups as far back as Safeguard for Privileged Passwords version 2.2.0.6958. Only the data is restored; the running version is not changed.

If the administrator attempts to restore a version earlier than 2.2.0.6958, a message like the following displays: Restore failed because the backup version '[version]' is older than the minimum supported version '2.2.0.6958' for restore.

You cannot restore a backup from a version newer than the one running on the appliance. The restore will fail and a message like the following displays: Restore failed because backup version [version] is newer then the one currently running [version].

The backup version and the running version display in the Activity Center logs that are generated when Safeguard starts, completes, or fails a restore.

Service discovery (773722)

Overview

The Asset Administrator or delegated administrator can configure service discovery jobs to scan Windows assets and discover Windows services and tasks that may require authorization credentials. If the Windows asset is joined to a Windows domain, the authorization credentials can be local on the Windows asset or be Active Directory credentials.

Running Service Discovery jobs

Service discovery jobs run automatically in the background or may be manually run.

Discovered services and tasks association to known Safeguard accounts

Service discovery jobs associate Windows services and tasks with accounts that are already managed by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. The accounts put under management display on the Partitions | Discovered Services tab as Managed. When the account's password is changed by Safeguard, Safeguard updates the password corresponding to the services or tasks on the asset according to the asset's profile change settings.

Service Discovery with Active Directory

A discovered service or task configured to use Active Directory authentication can be automatically linked to the asset with the account managed by Safeguard. Effectively, the asset will have an account dependency on the account.

To automatically link, the Account Discovery job (which runs when Safeguard synchronizes the directory) must have the Automatically Manage Found Accounts check box selected on the Discovery tab. The Directories | General tab designates the directory profile to govern the accounts the discovery job adds to Safeguard.

Unmanaged accounts

The administrators can view the Partitions | Discovered Services tab to identify unmanaged accounts that they may want to manage to require authentication for local users or Active Directory users, if the asset is joined to a domain. For more information, see Adding an account.

View Service Discovery job status

From the Activity Center, you can select the Activity Category named Service Discovery Activity which shows the Event outcomes: Service Discovery Succeeded, Service Discovery Failed, or Service Discovery Started.

Session player installation (794597)

When Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.6 or later is installed, the existing Desktop Player is removed and the latest Desktop Player must be installed.

Once Safeguard for Privileged Passwords is installed, the new player can be accessed by going to the Windows Start menu, Safeguard folder and clicking Download Safeguard Player. The One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions - Download Software web page displays.

To continue the installation for one or system-wide users, follow the Install Safeguard Desktop Player section of the player user guide found here:

1. Click this link: One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions - Technical Documentation.
2. Scroll to User Guide and click One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions [version] Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide.

User experience if the Desktop Player is not installed

If the Desktop Player is not installed and a user tries to play back a session from the Activity Center, a message like the following will display: No Desktop Player. The Safeguard Desktop Player is not installed. Would you like to install it now? The user will need to click Yes and will be taken to the download page to complete the install.

New Desktop Player versions

When you have installed a version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application, you will need to uninstall the previous version to upgrade to a newer player version.

Time zone change (780266)

Safeguard for Privileged Passwords sets a default time zone based on the location and culture of the person performing the set up. The time zone is expressed as UTC + or – hours:minutes and is used for timed access (for example, access from 9 am to 5 pm). It is recommended that the Bootstrap Administrator set the desired time zone on set up. An Authorizer Administrator can also change the time zone.

Time zone changes are made via Settings | Safeguard Access | Time Zone and selecting the Default User Time Zone.

What's new in version 2.7

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.7 introduces the following new features and enhancements.

Sessions Appliance join (792394)

Managing sessions via the Safeguard Sessions Appliance is now available for use in production. For this release, the embedded sessions module for Safeguard for Privileged Passwords is still available.

The Asset Administrator can join a Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) cluster to a Safeguard for Privileged Password (SPP) cluster of one appliance or more for session recording and auditing. The actual join must be between the SPP primary and the SPS cluster master. This means that the Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) cluster is aware of each node in an SPP cluster and vice-versa.

Once joined, all sessions are initiated by the SPP appliance via an access request and managed by the SPS appliance and sessions are recorded via the Sessions Appliance.

Session recording, playback, and storage

• Sessions recorded after the join are playable through SPP and are stored on the SPS appliance. An archive server can be set up through SPS.
• Sessions recorded prior to joining the Safeguard Sessions Appliances are not migrated to the SPS appliance. For that reason, it is recommended that the SPP sessions be migrated to an archive server prior to the join.

Safeguard for Privileged Passwords join guidance

Before initiating the join, review the steps and considerations in the join guidance. For more information, see Appendix C: SPP and SPS sessions appliance join guidance.

Safeguard for Privileged Sessions join steps and troubleshooting

The join is initiated from Safeguard for Privileged Sessions. For details about the join steps and issue resolution, see the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions Administration Guide at this link: One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions - Technical Documentation.

Separate identity and management for directories for fine grained management (773267)

The following information summarizes the changes at a high level. For more information specific for your initial deployment of Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 2.7, see the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Administration Guide, Appendix B: SPP 2.7 migration guidance.

Overview

Safeguard for Privileged Passwords version 2.7, has been simplified to allow for a separation of duties based only on identity management, asset management, access policy configuration, and appliance maintenance. In the migration to version 2.7, greater flexibility is realized through these high-level assignments:

• Directories are migrated to assets.
• Accounts include both directory accounts and asset accounts.
• Each directory is assigned its own partition in the migration to version 2.7.

The following information details the changes from version 2.6 to version 2.7. The same information is generally true if you are upgrading from version 2.1 forward to version 2.7.

Administrators

• The Directory Administrator role is removed and users with Directory Administrator permission are assigned as partition owners for directories that are migrated to assets. This role does not include the ability to manage identity providers.
• An Authorizer Administrator can now add an Active Directory forest only for identity to use as an unprivileged service account for connection.
• An Asset Administrator can now:
  • Use service accounts to manage Active Directory. The service accounts can have limited permissions within a single domain.
  • Use multiple service accounts for managing the same Active Directory domain with different limited permissions within the domain. For example, the administrator can add the domain as a managed asset multiple times with different service accounts.
  • Use a service account from Active Directory to manage an asset from a different partition so that the administrator does not have to add that Active Directory to each of the administrator’s partitions.
  • Set up a dependent system for a service running as an Active Directory account that isn’t in the administrator’s partition. This avoids having to add the Active Directory asset or the account to the partition.
  • Add Active Directory for authentication to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords without managing any of the accounts in Active Directory.
  • Set up multiple assets for the same domain.

Identity

During the migration to version 2.7, directories are migrated as an asset with the appropriate identity provider and associated users.

Management

Directories can be subdivided so administrators can be assigned to manage portions of a directory. For example, Admin A might only manage objects in the Finance organizational unit (OU) of the directory and Admin B might only manage objects in the Engineering OU of the directory. This is possible via the settings on Assets including the asset Name, Domain Name, and whether to Manage Forest. This way, multiple assets can govern the same domain.

Directory accounts can be service accounts to other assets to run windows services/tasks on assets to keep password changes in sync.

Accounts

• You can select a directory account and view the assets that have a dependency on the account.
• You can sync passwords between a directory account and an asset account.

Assets

• Directories are migrated to assets with the appropriate provider assignment.
• Directories are still synced with Safeguard.
• Migrated directory assets reflect the account dependencies.
• You can select whether a directory asset manages the forest or a subset of the forest. Multiple assets be assigned against the same forest.
• Migrated directory assets are available for access discovery jobs beyond partition boundaries.
• Each migrated directory asset is assigned to its own partition and includes the Account Discovery jobs, the check and change schedules, account password rules, password sync groups, and related functions.
• A directory is a member of an asset partition so that ownership of different parts of the directory can be delegated.
• During import, entities imported from a directory must be unique across all partitions (for example, you cannot import Admin C account into multiple asset partitions).
• When you add an asset, the Account Discovery job for the partition is displayed and can be changed.

Discovery jobs

• Account discovery includes the option for discovered accounts: enable password requests, enable session requests, and make the discovered accounts available for use across all partitions.
• Account discovery can be configured as Unix based, Windows based, or Directory based, each with its own schedule.

Account discovery enhancements (788930)

Asset Administrators and delegated partition owners can create Account Discovery jobs to perform the functions in the following list:

• Set the default password of a discovered account to configure the environment initially and incrementally.
• Add a discovered account to a sync group to configure the environment initially and incrementally.

• Immediately check and change the password of discovered accounts that are set to be automatically managed. This places the account under immediate management rather than waiting for the schedule to execute.

  NOTE: In Settings | Profile, the partition profile's Change Password Schedule and Check Password Schedule must both be set to a value other than Never.

Activity Center enhancements (799288, 799308, 799307)

From the Activity Center, you have the option to choose All entities (such as users, assets, and accounts) without picking all of them. You can export the report without first previewing the report.

Allow Oracle SYS account as a service account (799993, 800128)

An Asset Administrator responsible for Oracle database servers can use the SYS account with either SYSDBA or SYSOPER system privileges as a service account.

The SYS account is automatically created when the administrator installs Oracle and has the necessary privileges. See the Oracle document, About Administrative Accounts and Privileges, for more information. The SYS user is automatically granted the SYSDBA privilege on installation and can be SYSOPER. For more details, see the Oracle document, SYSDBA and SYSOPER System Privileges.

This is set via setting the Service Name when you add or edit an asset. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets | Connection tab.

Asset discovery enhancements (782848)

Asset Administrators are now given:

• Expanded connection options when setting up the connection template to discovered assets to automatically manage discovered assets and service accounts.
• The ability to set a platform type in the asset discovery rules.
• The ability to assign a different profile to service accounts in the asset discovery rules so that the service account is assigned a profile other than default asset profile inherited by other accounts discovered on the asset.

In addition, SSH keys are now auto-accepted for supported platforms.

Custom platform: TN3270 (798892)

An Asset Administrator responsible for an AS400 and mainframe infrastructure (such as ACF2 or RACF) can manage servers customized log in screens and connection strings.

A custom platform author can create a customer platform script to check and change passwords against servers where the login screens and connection strings have been customized.

Microsoft SQL Server TCP/IP support (798894, 799577)

An Asset Administrator responsible for Microsoft SQL Server can have Safeguard for Privileged Passwords connect to the databases using TCP/IP rather than named pipes.

Multiple directory account session support with access request policy (792426)

A Policy Administrator can add multiple directory accounts to a single access request policy. For example, you can grant access to a Windows asset via RDP using one of multiple directory accounts. Accounts are added when you create or edit an access request policy via the Administrative Tools | Entitlements | Access Request Policies | Directory Account option.

Radius enhancements (798896)

The User Administrator is offered two new configuration controls on Settings | External Integration | Identity and Authentication when Radius is selected as the provider.

• The User Administrator can choose to mask the Radius secondary authentication response entered by users by selecting the Always Mask User Input check box. If selected, the text box that the user enters their one-time password, or other challenge required by the Radius server, will always be a password style text box in which the user's input is masked and appears as a series of dots, not as clear text. This may be desired when the challenge is not just a one-time password, but also contains the user's PIN. This will prevent any passer-by from seeing the private information. Note, however, that when this setting is enabled, it will also override the Prompt attribute of the Radius server's Access-Challenge response, such that the user's input will always be masked.

• The User Administrator can choose to have the Radius secondary authentication pre-submit an Access-Request message to the Radius server in order to initiate a challenge/response cycle before the user sees or enters any information. The PreAuthenticate for Challenge/Response check box is used to indicate whether an Access-Request call containing only the User-Name should be sent to the Radius server prior to the user's authentication attempt. This is done to inform the Radius server of the user's identity so the server can possibly begin the authentication process by starting a challenge/response cycle. This may be required to seed the user's state data. In addition, the Radius server's response may include a login message that is to be displayed, which is specific to that user. Note, if the Radius server is not configured to respond with an Access-Challenge, then this will cause the log in to fail and the user will be unable to proceed.

In addition, the timeout for log in is now configurable to more than 60 seconds.

What's new in version 2.8

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords introduces the following new features and enhancements in this version.

Virtual appliance and web management console (770749, 781091, 798013, 798014, 798527)

The Appliance Administrator responsible for racking and initial configuration of the appliance can create the virtual appliance, launch the Safeguard web management console, and select one of the following wizards.

• Initial Setup: Used to set up the virtual appliance for the first time including naming, OS licensing, and networking.
• Setup: After the first setup, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords updates and networking changes can be made via the web management console, Setup.

• Support Kiosk: The Support Kiosk is used to diagnose and resolve issues with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. Any user able to access the kiosk can perform low-risk support operations including appliance restart or shutdown and support bundle creation. In order to reset the admin password, the user must obtain a challenge response token from One Identity support.

Security and backups

To maximize security in the absence of a hardened appliance, restrict the access to the Safeguard virtual disks, the web management console, and the MGMT interface to as few users as possible. Recommendations:

• X0 hosts the public API and is network adapter 1 in the virtual machine settings. Connect this to your internal network.
• MGMT hosts the web management console and is network adapter 2 in the virtual machine settings. This interface always has the IP address of 192.168.1.105. Connect this to a private, restricted network accessible to administrators only or disconnect it from the network to restrict unauthenticated actions such as rebooting or shutting down the appliance. The web management console is also available via the VMware console.

Once setup is completed, you can verify which of your NICs is MGMT and X0 by referring to the MAC address information found in Support Kiosk | Appliance Information | Networking for X0 and MGMT.

To protect the security posture of the Safeguard hardware appliance, Safeguard hardware appliances cannot be clustered with Safeguard virtual appliances. Additionally, to ensure the security of the hardware appliance, backups taken from a hardware appliance cannot be restored on virtual appliances and backups taken from a virtual appliance cannot be restored on a hardware appliance.

Application to Application (A2A) enhancement: API visible to certificate user (794148)

When registering a third-party application configured for credential retrieval, the Policy Administrator can make the registration, including the API keys, visible to the certificate user that is configured for the A2A registration. The third-party application can discover the API key and other information needed. The Visible to certificate user check box can be selected when adding an application registration via Administrative Tools | Settings | External Integration | Application to Application.

Custom platform: telnet and HTTP support (799699, 787583)

Custom HTTP, SSH, telnet, and TN3270 transports are available. For more information, see Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Administration Guide,Custom platforms and Creating a custom platform script.

Sample custom platform scripts and command details are available at the following links available from the Safeguard Custom Platform Home wiki on GitHub:

• Command-Reference:

  https://github.com/OneIdentity/SafeguardCustomPlatform/wiki/Command-Reference

• Writing a custom platform script:

  https://github.com/OneIdentity/SafeguardCustomPlatform/wiki/WritingACustomPlatformScript

• Example scripts platform scripts are available at this location:

  https://github.com/OneIdentity/SafeguardCustomPlatform/tree/master/SampleScripts

Advanced password complexity rules (780274)

Separate password complexity rules can be set for local users and managed accounts. Password rules can be finely managed.

• Set the allowable password length in a range from 3 to 225 characters.
• Set first characters type and last character type.
• Allow uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and/or printable ASCII symbols along with the minimum amounts of each.
• Identify excluded uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
• Identify if consecutive letters, numbers, and/or symbols can be repeated sequentially and, if allowed, set the maximum repetitions allowed.

Passwords are validated against the password rules before they are saved.

Job scheduler enhancements (753203)

An Appliance Administrator can finely tune backup and password check and change job schedules including the ability to ensure changes occur after hours. The administrator can create time windows including start and end times, days of the week, and days in a month by a static day of month or the first through fourth day of the month.

Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) initiated session (797262)

The Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP) Asset Administrator can enable an SPS initiated session to get the session credentials from SPP.

• The administrator will navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | External Integration | Sessions Management and set the Session Module Password Access Enabled toggle on or off. When the toggle is on (), SPS has the ability to create an access request and check out a password from SPP on behalf of another user. When the toggle is switched off (), this ability is revoked.

  CAUTION: On the Session Settings tab, SPS Connection Policy, do not select Sps initiated unless you have SPS version 6.2.0 or later installed. This is used when an access policy is used by SPS to create an SPS initiated access request.

Support for additional ServiceNow ticket types (793493)

System integrators designing privileged account access based on ServiceNow tickets can include ticket types for validation during access request workflow. The following tickets types are supported in addition to INC tickets:

• PRB (problem) tickets
• CHG (change) tickets
• RITM (request) tickets

If the ticket number is found in any of the ServiceNow tables searched (INC, CHG, RITM, or PRB) and the ServiceNow API property for the ticket is "Active", the user can make the access request.

Administrators can search by a ticket number in the Activity Center to find the access request.