To build an application, you need to first build a realm and a logon procedure for the application


Realm is a collection of domains.

In the DualShield Admin Console, in the side panel, select "Authentication | Realms" 

Click the "Create" button. This will bring up the new realm dialog window:

Select the domain to be included in the new relam, e.g. "deep.net"

Click the "Save" button to finish


A logon procedure must include one or many logon steps. Therefore, to build a logon procedure you need to create logon procedure then add logon steps.


In the Admin Console, in the side panel, select "Authentication | Logon Procedure"

Click the "CREATE" button on the toolbar

In the "Name" field, enter a name for this new logon procedure, e.g. "Office 365"

In the "Type" field, select the type of the logon procedure from the drop list, e.g. "Web SSO"

Click the "SAVE" button to save it.


Now that a new logon procedure is created, you want to add logon steps.

To add logon steps to a logon procedure or to change logon steps, firstly navigate to the logon procedure.

Navigate to Authentication | Logon Procedures

Click the context menu icon "..." of the application to be edited, e.g. "Office 365"

select "Logon Steps" to bring up the logon steps editor

To add a logon step, click the "ADD" button

Select the one or multiple authentication methods that you want to add to this step, e.g. "One-Time Password" 

Click the "SAVE" button to save it

You can change the order of the steps by clicking the "UP" and "DOWN" buttons.

To add logon steps to a logon procedure or to change logon steps, firstly navigate to the logon procedure.

Navigate to Authentication | Logon Procedures

Click the context menu icon "..." of the application to be edited, e.g. "Office 365"

select "Logon Steps" to bring up the logon steps editor

To add a logon step, click the "ADD" button

Select the one or multiple authentication methods that you want to add to this step, e.g. "One-Time Password" 

Click the "SAVE" button to save it

You can change the order of the steps by clicking the "UP" and "DOWN" buttons.


Once you have the logon procedure in place then you need to create an application


In the admin console, in the side panel, select "Authentication | Applications"

Select "CREATE" on the toolbar

Select the Realm to be linked to this application, e.g. Deep.Net

Select the Logon Procedure to be used by this application, e..g. Office 365

Click "SAVE" to save the application.




Finally, you need to publish the application on an an authentication agent so that the application will be visible to users and accessible by the users.


To publish an application on an authentication agent, first navigate to the application list by select "Authentication | Applications" in the side panel

Click the conext menu icon "..." of the application, e.g. "Office 365" to access its context menu

select "Agents" in the context menu

select the authentication agent on which the application is to be published, e.g. "Single-Sign-on Server"

Click "SAVE" button to save settings



By default, a newly created application inherits its logon policy from the default system logon policy. It is optional but recommended that you should create a dedicated logon policy for the application so that you can have a clear and granular control on how 2FA or MFA should be enforced on users who are allowed to access the application.


To create or edit a policy, we need to open the policy editor window first.

Select "Administration | Policies" on the side panel,


To create a new policy, click the "CREATE" button on the toolbar to open the policy editor window.


In the policy editor, firstly select Logon from the Category drop-down list

Policy Bindings

Enter or select the following policy bindings:
Holder:

The policy holder defines the scope of the policy. 

Name:An unique name that describe this policy
Applications:

Optionally, you can bind the policy to a specific applicaiton or a list of applications. To specify the application(s),  select the field: Apply policy to these applications

If the field Apply policy to these applications is left empty, then the policy will be applied to all applications. 

Policy Options

There are 3 authentication options:

  • Multi-Factor Authentication is not required for all users
  • Multi-Factor Authentication is required for users with tokens only
  • Multi-Factor Authentication is required for all user

Multi-Factor Authentication is not required for all users

This option means that all users will be exempted from 2FA or MFA. This option is typically used to exempt a group of users from 2FA or MFA. 

Multi-Factor Authentication is required for users with tokens only

This option means that users who have a 2FA/MFA token in their account will be enforced to login with 2FA/MFA, while those users who do not have a token 2FA/MFA token will be exempted from 2FA/MFA in the logon process. 

Multi-Factor Authentication is required for all users 

This option means that all users will be enforced to login with 2FA/MFA

Please note that users in the context of a policy include users in the scope of the policy only, i.e. the policy holder.

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