18.2 Identity Browser

The Identity Browser in Sentinel allows you to search and view user profiles of the identities in the Sentinel database that have been synchronized from the identity management system. In addition to information from the identity management system, the Identity Browser also shows recent activity for the user that has been collected using the Sentinel Collectors.

To open the Identity Browser:

  1. Click the Tools menu and select Identity Browser. The Identity Browser window displays.

    Alternatively, you can launch the Identity Browser through the icon that appears when you launch the Sentinel Control Center.

18.2.1 Searching Profiles

  1. Click the Tools menu and select Identity Browser. The Identity Browser window displays.

  2. Enter the first name or last name or first character of either name for the profile in the Search box.

    HINT:You can input letters to view all the identities whose first or last name starts with the letters. For example, if the user enters the letters “a,b” the names Abraham, Abdullah and so on are matched.

    If the search is broad, the results show the first 100 names with a Load <x> More Records button, where <x> depends on the number of records remaining and can be up to 100.

  3. Click Search Icon. The searched profile displays:

  4. Select a user and click View Full Profile to see more information.

    Alternatively, you can right-click a user name (identity) and select Open New Window. It opens a new Identity Browser window. It is similar to the parent Identity Browser window and you view the full profile in a new window.

  5. Use the back arrow icon to navigate to the previous profile.

18.2.2 Viewing Profile Details

  1. Click Tools > Identity Browser. The Identity Browser window displays.

  2. Type the first name or first character of the profile in the Search box. Click the Search icon. The searched profile displays.

  3. Click the View Full Profile button. The user profile displays:

    Using the view profile window, you can view User Profile, Accounts, and Recent Activities performed by the user. By default, the User Profile displays.

  4. Select Accounts. The details of the account are displayed:

    You can access Accounts in Active View by right-clicking an event generated by the Identity Collector and by selecting the Show Identity Details option. Select the Initiator, Target, or Both option. The account details of the associated Identity in that event displays in a pop-up window.

  5. Select Recent Activity.

    The contextual event information such as Authentication, Access, and Permission change events for that identity are displayed. The events displayed are limited to last 10 events in each category as shown below:

18.2.3 Using the Clipboard Functionality

You can use the clipboard functionality to copy the data of User Profile, Recent Activity, or the Account tabs. On any of the three tabs, you can click the clipboard option and copy the information to the clipboard. For example, if you are viewing the Recent Activity tab and click the clipboard, the recent activity data is copied to the clipboard. You can then choose to paste the information on the clipboard to a Notepad and save.

You can also copy the information to the clipboard after you have visited the tabs. For example, you can visit the User Profile and Recent Activity tabs, then use the clipboard to copy the data. Similarly, you can visit all the three tabs and then use the clipboard to copy the data.