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Assign a role and tags for granular management of users

Updated over 2 weeks ago

When adding a new team member, you can assign them a Role (to manage the permissions the user has) and/or (with the Enterprise plan), Permissions (to manage the targets that the user can perform actions on).


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What Roles are available?

For users of the Cloud, Pro, Enterprise, and Vanguard plans, you can choose between 'Admin', 'Scan user', and 'Read only'. (Tag-restrictions are only applicable to scan and read-only users):

(For a detailed breakdown of what each role can do, head to this article.)

What are user Permissions?

If you are on the Enterprise or Vanguard plan, and a user is allocated a Scan User or Read-Only role, then this will allow you to select Permissions. This is a control that allows you to restrict the tags that the user is able to see or perform actions on:

How do I assign tags to targets?

It's easy - head to this article to see how it's done.

How do I assign tags to a new user?

When adding a new user to the account, head to Settings > User > 'Add a user':

Once you've added their name and email address and chosen the role:

  1. Select 'Restrict access to specific tags'

  2. Select the tags associated with the targets you want the user to see.

  3. Click 'Add user'

How do I assign tags to an existing user?

Head to Settings > Users > hit Edit:

Then:

  1. Ensure the user is either a scan user or read-only.

  2. Select select 'Restrict access to specific tags,' under permissions.

  3. Select the tags.

  4. Press 'Save'.

Can I manage a user's visibility from the tags page?

If you're an admin, absolutely!
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Simply head to Targets > Tags > Users (and edit accordingly) > hit Save changes:
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What does restricted visibility look like?

  • All pages will appear pretty much the same, just restricted to the targets that a user has permission to view.

  • The only notable difference is the dashboard, which doesn't include the activity feed for restricted users:

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