Devices
The PK Endpoint Manager (PEM) offers administrators a view of all the devices that have connected to their PK Protect environment. The default view will only show 10 devices, but the view can be altered to change how many devices are displays on the screen within a single view. This view also allows an administrator the ability to disable a device. This functionality is essentially a kill switch for a device that has been lost or stolen. After a device has been disabled it will not be able to access any of the Smartkeys to decrypt and type of encrypted data on the device.
Use the search tool to identify the device you want to view. To view all devices, click Search without entering data. To identify a device to disable, fill in at least one field before searching.
Searching
Administrators can use boolean expressions for granular searches with wildcard operators such as "contains" and "ends with". Example scenario below:
- In the first row group
- Click the blue "AND" button. A
- Add two rows by clicking "Add Row" two times.
- Define the details of these two rows.
- Click "Add Group" from the first group to create a second grouping.
- This new group is highlighted by the indent as well as the grey colored line box around it.
- Click "OR" within the new group
- Click the "Add Row" button from the newly created second grouping.
- Define the details of these two rows within this second group
- End Result: There should be two groups, one with 2 rows as AND, and another grouping with 2 rows defined as OR. The resulting boolean can be shown as (A AND B AND (Y OR Z))
Performance Policy
Performance policies are policies that can be defined to customize the performance consumption by PKWARE clients. When policies are defined on the Archive/Policies page, they can be applied to clients here. To assign a performance policy to an agent follow the steps below,
- Make a query for a device
- Select the devices you want to apply a new performance policy to by checking the box in the left most column of a device
- Select a performance policy from the drop-down created in the Policies page, and click the "Set" button to set the performance for the selected devices. For more information on what a default policy is and how to create your own performance policies, navigate to the bottom of the policies page for "Performance Controls" here
Column | Description |
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Device | The device column will track the name of the device that reported. This may be the name of the Windows system typically defined by a system administrator, or it may be the name of an iDevice that the user defines themselves. |
Enabled | Click the text to toggle (Enabled/Disabled). When a device is enabled, it is allowed to connect and synchronize keys with the PK Endpoint Manager. |
Platform | Operating system for the device |
Application Name | Application name the device connected with |
Application Version | Application version the device connected with |
Owner Name | Name for the user who has logged into a device. |
Owner Email | Email address for the user who has logged into a device. |
Last Accessed After | Date the device last connected to and authenticated with PK Endpoint Manager. The last accessed date can be helpful in determining activity if there are duplicate entries, such as one user with multiple devices called iPhone. |
Last Accessed Before | Object that can be defined to search for devices before a specific date |
Last IP | IP address associated with the device when it last connected to and authenticated with PEM. |
URN | PK Protect generates a unique Universal Resource Name (URN) for each registered device. No two devices will have the same URN. This URN can help identifying issues with the PKWARE support team, and also when researching the data provided in Data Security Intelligence reporting. This is the name email address for the user who has logged into a device. |
Compliance | Type of column value to appear in the results for compliance. Compliance values are defined as,
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Archive Policy | Type of Archive Policy to appear in the results Archive Policy values are defined as,
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Performance Policy | Type of Performance Policy to appear in the results. Performance Policy values are defined as,
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Classification Policy | Type of Classification Policy to appear in the results. Classification Policy values are defined as,
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MFA Policy | Type of MFA Policy to appear in the results. MFA Policy values are defined as,
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Choose Compatibility | There maybe instances where a policy type may not be possible to an assigned agent. The Compatibility option makes searching easier to understand what policies are compatible for different agents. Type of compatibility with agents for each policy type is defined as,
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