Role Based Access | Endpoint Privilege Manager Nugget Series
Summary
TLDRThis nugget explains the importance of role-based access in building and maintaining EPM policies. It contrasts individual policies, where each user gets unique permissions, with role-based access, which assigns permissions to roles. Role-based access is favored for its scalability, reducing administrative effort, and preventing privilege creep. The video discusses methods to identify roles, such as using group memberships or conditions, and emphasizes combining these methods to tailor policies effectively while managing risks and handling exceptions.
Takeaways
- 🔑 Role-based access is crucial for building and maintaining EPM policies.
- ⚖️ Two methodologies for building EPM policies: individual policies and role-based access.
- 👤 Individual policies assign unique sets of policies to each user.
- 🧑🤝🧑 Role-based access assigns policies to identified roles, allowing all users in that role to execute associated tasks.
- 📈 Role-based access is preferred for scalability and reduces administrative effort.
- 🗂️ Managing access on a file-by-file basis is unmanageable; role-based access simplifies this process.
- 🚪 Role-based access supports the joiners, movers, and leavers process, preventing privilege creep.
- 🔄 If no pre-existing roles exist, start with a binary option (admin rights vs. no admin rights) and tailor roles from there.
- 👥 Use pre-existing group memberships to identify and target roles.
- 🔧 If a specific role cannot be established from a single group, combine groups or use conditions to match policies.
- 🖥️ Conditions can target users based on network resources, connection type, or other characteristics.
- 🏡 Policies can be combined for different scenarios, such as remote work, while maintaining risk reduction.
Q & A
What are the two competing methodologies used to build EPM policies?
-The two competing methodologies are individual policies and role-based access.
What is the main difference between individual policies and role-based access?
-Individual policies assign a unique set of policies to each user, while role-based access assigns policies to identified roles that all users in that role can execute.
Why might individual policies seem like a better choice initially?
-Individual policies might seem better initially because they more closely follow the principle of least privilege.
What makes role-based access a better choice for building and maintaining EPM policies?
-Role-based access is better for scalability, reduces administrative effort, minimizes the number of policies, and supports the joiners, movers, and leavers process to avoid privilege creep.
What is an example given in the script to illustrate the unmanageability of individual policies?
-Managing access to a file server on a file-by-file basis for each individual would quickly become unmanageable.
How does role-based access help manage administrative effort?
-Role-based access reduces administrative effort by assigning access to roles rather than individuals, which simplifies management.
What is the first step suggested if there are no pre-existing roles in an organization?
-Start with a binary option, such as users with admin rights and those without, and tailor the rights required for each role.
How can roles be identified if they cannot be established based on a single group?
-Roles can be identified by using a collection to combine groups, such as dynamically creating the role of DevOps if the user is a member of both developers and operations groups.
What conditions can be used to target roles if group membership is not sufficient?
-Conditions such as the availability of network resources or connection type can be used, allowing policies to be matched based on any characteristic that resolves to true or false.
How can multiple conditions be managed in policies according to the script?
-Multiple conditions can be combined in groups within a single policy or across different policies, allowing for flexible discovery and exception handling.
Outlines
🔒 Role-Based Access in EPM Policy Management
This paragraph introduces the concept of role-based access as a crucial element in establishing and maintaining Enterprise Policy Management (EPM). It contrasts role-based access with individual policies, explaining that while individual policies adhere to the principle of least privilege, role-based access offers scalability. The paragraph uses the example of managing a file server to illustrate the impracticality of individual policies at scale and the benefits of assigning access to roles to reduce administrative effort and prevent privilege creep. It also addresses the scenario where no pre-existing roles exist and suggests starting with a binary option, then refining roles based on user commonalities.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Role-based access
💡EPM policies
💡Individual policies
💡Principle of least privilege
💡Administrative effort
💡Privilege creep
💡Group membership
💡Dynamic roles
💡Conditions
💡Risk reduction policies
Highlights
Role-based access is an important element in building and maintaining EPM policies.
Two competing methodologies for building EPM policies: individual policies and role-based access.
Individual policies assign a unique set of policies to each user.
Role-based access assigns policies to identified roles, allowing all users in that role to execute the associated applications and tasks.
Individual policies may seem better as they follow the principle of least privilege.
Role-based access is preferred for scalability and reducing administrative effort.
Managing access on a file-by-file basis for each individual user is unmanageable.
Assigning access to a role reduces administrative effort, keeps policies to a minimum, and supports the joiners, movers, and leavers process.
Role-based access helps avoid privilege creep.
Start with binary roles (e.g., admin rights vs. non-admin rights) and tailor them to required rights.
Roles can be split into more specific ones based on commonalities among users.
Identify and target roles using pre-existing group memberships based on functions (e.g., developers, operations, security).
Combine groups to create dynamic roles (e.g., DevOps role from developers and operations groups).
If roles can't be established based on group membership, use conditions to match policies (e.g., targeting remote workers).
Conditions for policies can be matched using scripts to resolve true or false criteria.
Policies can combine conditions and groups to provide tailored access.
Example: Assign a developer policy based on group membership and additional remote worker rules based on conditions.
Role-based access supports flexible discovery and exception handling mechanisms.
Transcripts
in this nugget we are going to learn why
role based access is an important
element in building and maintaining EPM
policies the two competing methodologies
used to build EPM policy are individual
policies or role-based
access with individual policies each
user is assigned a unique set of
policies containing the applications and
tasks that they are permitted to execute
or El elate role-based access is where
policies are assigned to an identified
role and all users in that role are
permitted to execute or Elevate the
associated applications and tasks when
choosing between them individual
policies may seem like the better choice
as it more closely follows the principle
of least privilege what makes rule-based
access the better choice well it's the
thing that allows us to
scale imagine if you will something
simple like managing a file server if
you granted users access on a file by
file basis individual by individual it
would quickly become unmanageable in
contrast assigning access to a role
reduces the administrative effort keeps
policies to a minimum and supports the
joiners movers and levers process to
avoid privilege
creep what if there are no pre-existing
roles in the organization what if it's
always been that these are users with
admin rights and these are the ones that
don't well let's start with that binary
option as the role but tailored to the
rights required and protected from abuse
and
exploitation at a later point we can
then start to split out the use cases
into more specific roles based on the
commonalities of the users accessing
those permissions let's now look at the
methods you can use to identify and
Target roles the simplest method is to
utilize pre-existing group membership
that are assigned based on function for
example developers Operations Security
Etc if the specific spefic role cannot
be established based on one group then
consider using a collection to combine
groups for example dynamically create
the role of Dev Ops if the user is a
member of both the developers and
operations
groups if the user role cannot be
established based on group membership
then consider using conditions to match
policy for instance you could Target
remote workers based on availability of
network resources or the connection
type you could go way beyond that simple
l to match any condition or
characteristic that can resolve to true
or false by utilizing scripts matching
criteria for policies is cumulative
which allows you to combine conditions
in groups in a single policy or across
different policies in this example we
have a developer connecting in from home
we assign the tailored developer policy
based on group membership and in
addition any remote worker rules that we
may want to enforce while the user is
not in the office which we can establish
based on conditions all within the
confines of our risk reduction policies
while still providing flexible Discovery
and exception handling mechanism that
allows us to deal with the
unexpected thank you for watching you
should now have a better understanding
of role-based access and its benefits
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