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Introduction PAM is the process that determines who has access to what types of information as it creates an integrated view of risk, threats, and controls. Implementing a policy of least privilege minimizes unnecessary privilege allocation to ensure access ...

Introduction The Soffid 3 reference guide wants to present all the functionality contained in version 3 of the Soffid Console, explaining the functionality of all the screens and the functionality of each of them. The documentation is organized as the option...

Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide the instructions to implement PAM using the Soffid console. This is a step-by-step implementation guide.  Soffid is an information security product that provides a web console to manage privileged accou...

The first step of the PAM implementation will be to create the network we want to scan to discover the hosts Step-by-step 1. First of all, you must access the networks page, the path to access is the following: Main Menu > Administration > Resources > Net...

The second step will be to configure the network with the proper parameter to allow you to run the discovery process. Step-by-step 1. First of all, you must access the network discovery page in the following path: Main Menu > Administration > Configuratio...

Then, the third step will be to launch the network discovery process. That is the process in charge to scan the network, getting the hosts information, and connecting to the hosts as well. Step-by-step 1. The discovery network task can be executed manually...

The fourth step, to add a database, is an optional step. You only need to configure when there is any database (SQL Server or Oracle) in some of the discovered hosts and you want to manage its accounts as privileged or shared accounts. Step-by-step The net...

That step will be an optional step, and it will be mandatory only when the SQL Server agent or the Oracle agent was not created previously on Soffid Console and you need to add a database to manage its accounts. Step-by-step 1. First of all, to create an a...

  The account management step shows you how to manage the accounts to change the type, how to locate the accounts on the password vault, and how to assign a password. To comply with this step the discovery process must be completed. Step-by-step 1. To acces...

When critical accounts are detected, the best way to keep them safe is to place them on the Password vault. The password vault allows you to handle the access control list to these accounts, here you can define who are the owners, the managers, and the SSO u...

Introduction Once the discovery process has been run, the critical accounts have been detected and saved on the password vault, and the password rotation process has been defined, the next step would be to define the necessary approval process to manage the u...

Introduction Using PAM you can configure policies and rules in the Soffid console to detect actions or behaviors that may put your organization at risk. With this information, you will be able to analyze the behavior of the critical accounts that you have def...

The Change account type step shows how to change the type from unmanaged to shared or privileged depending on the case.  Step-by-step 1. Once Soffid displays the account detail, you can change the Type (located on the Common attributes) to the proper type....

To be able to use an account, it is necessary to assign a password, this can be the current password or a new password. In the case of assigning a new password, it will be synchronized with the target system. Step-by-step 1. Once Soffid displays the accoun...

How to create a new  User type. That will be mandatory to create a new Password policy. Step-by-step 1. First of all, you must access the User types page, the path to access is the following: Main Menu > Administration > Configure Soffid > Global Settings...

How to define a new password policy for the previous user type created. Step-by-step 1. First of all, you must access the Password policies page, the path to access is the following: Main Menu > Administration > Configure Soffid > Security settings > Pass...

You must assign a proper password policy to the critical accounts to keep them safe. Step-by-step 1. To access the accounts of a specific host or database (SQL Server or Oracle), you must click the "Accounts" button. The button is located close to the name...

To rotate the password it will be necessary to enable the task Expire untrusted passwords. The Expire untrusted passwords task is in charge to create a new password for the accounts: Critical accounts with the password type "Automatically generated", in ...

Step-by-step 1. To create a new PAM Rule, you must access the PAM Rules page in the following path: Main Menu > Administration > Configure Soffid > Security settings > PAM rules 2. To add a new PAM rule, you must click the add button (+) and Soffid will di...