Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 2 L One Identity for Privileged Sessions Is Part of One Identity's Privileged Access Management Portfolio
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Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 04 September 2020, 12:49 These release notes provide information about the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 release. If you are updating a Safeguard for Privileged Passwords version prior to this release, read the release notes for the version found at: One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Technical Documentation. Release options Safeguard for Privileged Passwords includes two release versions: l Long Term Support (LTS) maintenance release, version 6.0.7 LTS l Feature release, version 6.7 The versions align with Safeguard for Privileged Sessions. For more information, see Long Term Support (LTS) and Feature Releases on page 20. About this release Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Version 6.7 is minor feature release with new features, resolved issues, and known issues. For more details, see: l New features l Resolved issues Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 1 Release Notes l Known issues NOTE: For a full list of key features in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords, see the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Administration Guide. About the Safeguard product line The Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 3000 and 2000 Appliances are built specifically for use only with the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords privileged management software, which is pre-installed and ready for immediate use. The appliance is hardened to ensure the system is secured at the hardware, operating system, and software levels. The hardened appliance approach protects the privileged management software from attacks while simplifying deployment and ongoing management and shortening the time frame to value. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords virtual appliances and cloud applications are also available. When setting up a virtual environment, carefully consider the configuration aspects such as CPU, memory availability, I/O subsystem, and network infrastructure to ensure the virtual layer has the necessary resources available. See One Identity's Product Support Policies for more information on environment virtualization. Safeguard privileged management software suite Safeguard privileged management software is used to control, monitor, and govern privileged user accounts and activities to identify possible malicious activities, detect entitlement risks, and provide tamper proof evidence. The Safeguard products also aid incident investigation, forensics work, and compliance efforts. The Safeguard products' unique strengths are: l One-stop solution for all privileged access management needs l Easy to deploy and integrate l Unparalleled depth of recording l Comprehensive risk analysis of entitlements and activities l Thorough Governance for privileged account The suite includes the following modules: l Safeguard for Privileged Passwords automates, controls, and secures the process of granting privileged credentials with role-based access management and automated workflows. Deployed on a hardened appliance, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords eliminates concerns about secured access to the solution itself, which helps to speed integration with your systems and IT strategies. Plus, its user- centered design means a small learning curve and the ability to manage passwords from anywhere and using nearly any device. The result is a solution that secures your enterprise and enables your privileged users with a new level of freedom and functionality. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 2 l One Identity for Privileged Sessions is part of One Identity's Privileged Access Management portfolio. Addressing large enterprise needs, Safeguard for Privileged Sessions is a privileged session management solution, which provides industry- leading access control, as well as session monitoring and recording to prevent privileged account misuse, facilitate compliance, and accelerate forensics investigations. Safeguard for Privileged Sessions is a quickly deployable enterprise appliance, completely independent from clients and servers to integrate seamlessly into existing networks. It captures the activity data necessary for user profiling and enables full user session drill-down for forensics investigations. l One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Analytics integrates data from Safeguard for Privileged Sessions to use as the basis of privileged user behavior analysis. Safeguard for Privileged Analytics uses machine learning algorithms to scrutinize behavioral characteristics, and generates user behavior profiles for each individual privileged user. Safeguard for Privileged Analytics compares actual user activity to user profiles in real time, and profiles are continually adjusted using machine learning. Safeguard for Privileged Analytics detects anomalies and ranks them based on risk so you can prioritize and take appropriate action and ultimately prevent data breaches. Figure 1: Privileged Sessions and Privileged Passwords Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 3 New features Audit log synchronization, archive, and purge (191603) Audit log synchronization, archive, and purge has been enhanced. Appliance Administrators can configure Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to perform weekly maintenance, audit log purge, and audit log archiving. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Backup and Retention | Audit Log Maintenance. Backup protection (191610) For maximum backup protection, Appliance Administrators can configure backup protection which will encrypt all backups generated from all appliances in the cluster. l Appliance (default): Backups are encrypted as a genuine Safeguard backup and can only be decrypted on a Safeguard appliance. l Password: Backups are encrypted as a genuine Safeguard backup and can only be decrypted on a Safeguard appliance. In addition, backups are encrypted with the provided password. The password is required to restore the backup. l GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) public key (RSA only): Backups are encrypted as a genuine Safeguard backup and can only be decrypted on a Safeguard appliance. In addition, when a backup is downloaded or archived it is encrypted with the provided GPG public key. The private key is required to unencrypt the backup prior to uploading to a Safeguard appliance. Once set, future backups created manually or automatically are protected. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords detects the attempted upload of an invalid backup. An audit event is created for the failed backup load with the error reasons which will include an invalid signature. Backup protection is set on Administrative Tools | Settings | Backup and Retention | Safeguard Backup and Restore then click Settings and select Backup Protection Settings. Configure syslog servers that require TLS (191512) Policy Security Administrators can configure the network protocol and syslog header type. For TCP (RCF 5424), you can specify TLS encryption and authentication (Client Certificate and Server Certificate). l web client: Navigate to Settings| External Integration | Syslog. l desktop client: Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | External Integration | Syslog. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 4 Login notification and desktop client inactivity timeout (237174) When configured by Appliance Administrators, login notifications are now displayed to all users prior to login. This requires users to consent to notifications and restrictions before they can log in. Be cautious in regards to including sensitive information in your login notification as it can be viewed by anyone without requiring authentication. The default is no login notification (access banner). For details, see: l web client: Navigate to Settings| Safeguard Access | Messaging. l desktop client: Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Messaging | Login Notification. Appliance Administrators can now specify an inactivity timeout for the desktop client application, similar to what exists with the web client application. The default for the new desktop client application inactivity timeout is 1440 minutes (24 hours), after which the user will automatically be logged out. l web client: Navigate to Settings| Safeguard Access | Local Login Control. l desktop client: Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Safeguard Access | Login Control. Specify domain controller for Active Directory (225824) Appliance Administrators can identify which domain controllers to use with the Specify domain controllers selection. If not specified, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses the domain controllers recommended from a DNS and CLDAP ping, as usual. In the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Administration Guide, see: l Management tab (add asset) l Adding identity and authentication providers Security enhancements (234139) Trusted Servers, CORS, and Redirects An Appliance Administrator can restrict login redirects and Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requests to the specified list of IP addresses, host names (including DNS wildcards), and CIDR notation networks. l web client: Navigate to Settings| External Integration | Trusted Servers, CORS and Redirects. l desktop client: Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | External Integration | Trusted Servers, CORS and Redirects. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.7 Release Notes 5 For more information, see the Administration Guide, Trusted Servers, CORS and Redirects. Secure token service login timeout An Appliance Administrator can set select Enable Secure Token Service Login Timeout to set 15 minute expiration time for session based cookies used during