Netskope Community
04-06-2023 08:46 AM - edited 04-10-2023 08:30 AM
How do you create a "shadow" group that is only located in the tenant, not reliant on an IDP? Add the group to the SCIM database directly using Postman or similar method and/or tool.
The use case in this instance is to create a group that is specific only to the tenant and "hidden" from the sight of others who are not Netskope tenant admins. A good example of this is creating a group which contains users who should be in an "offboarding" group, but are also members of the team who manages the IDP, i.e. Okta, that is set to provision users and groups to the tenant.
This will only apply to users who are provisioned to the tenant via SCIM from an IDP such as Okta. It cannot and should not be used when users are provisioned to the tenant using the Netskope Directory Importer or manually added to the tenant.
A high level overview of meeting this use case are:
NOTE: Do not proceed unless you are comfortable with using Postman or a similar tool and understand the repercussions of editing groups or users in the SCIM database. Irreparable damage to users and groups may occur which might impact tenant operations.
Download and Install Postman
https://www.postman.com/downloads/
Import a Postman Collection
Complete the following steps to import a Postman Collection for Netskope SCIM.
Create a "shadow" group using Postman.
Complete the following steps to create a “shadow” group using Postman.
Add the "offboarding" user to the "shadow" group.
Complete the following steps to add the "offboarding" user to the "shadow" group.
Limit activities, permissions, etc of the "shadow" group.
After the “shadow” group has been created and the “offboarding” user added to it, we are going to limit the ability of the user to interact with the Netskope Client and create policies specific to the “shadow” group and/or the “offboarding” user.
As a reminder, the “shadow” group was created to maintain control of groups in the tenant without knowledge of IDP administrators. Therefore it is advisable to create groups similar to those in use within the tenant to avoid alerting others. For example, “Default tenant config” might become “Default tenant c0nfig”, where then “o” is replaced with a 0.
If all client configurations have similar restrictions such as administrative passwords, then creating a client configuration for this new “shadow” group might not be warranted. However, by creating a client configuration specifically for the new group, we are able to align configurations to groups thereby making administration and operations easier in the future, same applies with steering configurations.
With regards to policies, policy decisions may be made to move objects into legal holds if an “offboarding” user is sharing objects publicly or externally for API-enabled Protection such as Microsoft’s Office 365 OneDrive for Business.
With Real-time Enabled protection, we are able to create a policy that alerts when someone in the “shadow” group performs activities that will potentially exfiltrate data.
By utilizing the API-enabled Protection and Real-time Protection policies mentioned earlier, we are able to achieve various use cases such as placing objects under legal hold during the offboarding of users and detecting any activities that could lead to data exfiltration, among others. Although these use cases may appear simple, there are numerous other possibilities that can be accomplished by adopting a creative and open-minded approach.
In order to view this content, you will need to sign in to your account. Simply click the "Sign In" button below
Sign In