{"id":1177,"date":"2021-10-26T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enhisecure.com\/isecureblog\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:04:51","slug":"sailpoint-identitynow-segments-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enhisecure.com\/isecureblog\/2021\/10\/26\/sailpoint-identitynow-segments-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"SailPoint IdentityNow : Segments Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access requests<\/a> is a feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SailPoint<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IdentityNow<\/a> using which the users gain ability to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manual request<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/integrations\/access-management\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/integrations\/access-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">access<\/a> that they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Segments<\/a> feature released by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SailPoint<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/?elqct=website&amp;elqchannel=organicdirect&amp;elqcta=organicdirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IdentityNow<\/a> is&nbsp; promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/zero-trust\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/zero-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zero trust<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enterprise\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enterprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enterprises<\/a>. Using this feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request center<\/a> items will be made available to the users only on a &#8220;Need to know&#8221; basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, a user from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_technology\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_technology\" target=\"_blank\">IT<\/a> department is able to see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jira_(software)\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jira_(software)\" target=\"_blank\">Jira<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bitbucket\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bitbucket\" target=\"_blank\">Bitbucke<\/a>t, Administrative \/ Privileged access across <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/integrations\/apps\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/integrations\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">applications<\/a> like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/identity\/ad-ds\/get-started\/virtual-dc\/active-directory-domain-services-overview\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/identity\/ad-ds\/get-started\/virtual-dc\/active-directory-domain-services-overview\" target=\"_blank\">Active Directory<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.servicenow.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.servicenow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ServiceNow<\/a> and various other applications in the request center. For a user from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marketing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marketing\" target=\"_blank\">Marketing<\/a> department, the above access is not relevant and with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\">segments<\/a>, we are abstracting those items. The relevant access for marketing users would be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/crm\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/crm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salesforce CRM<\/a> and the same will be visible for the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.enhisecure.com\/isecureblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enhisecure.com\/isecureblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-19.png 651w, https:\/\/www.enhisecure.com\/isecureblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-19-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the presentation below, we will be discussing about <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">segments<\/a> feature in detail :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ENH iSecure Sailpoint IdentityNow Segments Feature Presentation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9xlAzAqiXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the below video, we will provide a practical demonstration on how to configure <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\">segments<\/a>, how it affects the end user perspective using a practical use-case :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ENH iSecure Sailpoint IdentityNow Segments Feature Demo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ydf9YJJfNDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advantages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Limit end user visibility for applicable access<ul><li>Only the access that is applicable for a subset of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_identity\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_identity\" target=\"_blank\">identities<\/a> and relevant for them is displayed using <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\">segments<\/a>. This helps in avoiding the confusion in finding the right role\/access profile while making an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/access-request\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/access-request\/\" target=\"_blank\">access request<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Reduce incorrect access requests<ul><li>End users shall not make any incorrect <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/access-request\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/access-request\/\" target=\"_blank\">access requests<\/a> because the only access items that they\u2019ll see in the request center are already fine tuned and configured according to the organizational requirement. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Limit accidental provisioning<ul><li>If presented with a lot of access items, users might request for something that they don\u2019t need. This can be avoided by creating and assigning users to their respective <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\">segments<\/a> based on certain criteria.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Reduce cost of software licensing<ul><li>Due to accidental <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/provisioning\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sailpoint.com\/solutions\/provisioning\/\" target=\"_blank\">access provisioning<\/a>, users might be consuming additional licenses for access that they do not need which is a major costing risk. This can be avoided by configuring <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\">segments<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>URL<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Segments Documentation<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/documentation.sailpoint.com\/saas\/help\/requests\/segments.html?h=segmen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Segments REST API reference<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.sailpoint.com\/apis\/beta\/#tag\/Segments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/developer.sailpoint.com\/apis\/beta\/#tag\/Segments<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Access requests is a feature in SailPoint IdentityNow using which the users gain ability to make a manual request for access that they need. 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