Computer Groups

Computer Groups organize content by platform or operating system. From each operating system, you can define Computer Groups. Click Computer Groups in the left navigation panel.

There a two types of computer groups as indicated by the Standard Computer Groups and Secured Computer Groups headers. A computer can be in multiple Standard groups, but only one Secured group. Secured groups can be used to apply RBAC type controls that define who can see data associated to those computers and who can create or read policies for those computers.

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Standard Computer Groups

The Verify Privilege Managerapplication provides the following three built-in Computer Groups for the Standard Computer Groups:

  • Windows Computers
  • macOS Computers
  • Unix/Linux Computers

These computer groups can not be edited. Refer to Creating Computer Groups to add, customize or edit a new computer group.

Refer to Creating Standard Computer Groups for instructions.

Secured Computer Groups

Refer to Creating Secured Computer Groups for specific instructions when ccreating a Secured Computer Group.

Computer Group Management

Expand tree for any Computer Group in the left navigation. Computer Groups, called resource targets (as configured in Application Control), are specified sets of computers that meet certain criteria, that are targeted by certain policies and scheduled tasks. Each computer group addresses the following.

Default Computer Group Resources
Windows Computers Application Policies
User Policies
Group Policies
Scheduled Jobs
Agent configuration
macOS Computers Application Policies
User Policies
Group Policies
Scheduled Jobs
Agent configuration
Unix/Linux Computers Application Policies
Scheduled Jobs
Agent configuration

Refer to the following sections for more information: