Sentinel: The PeopleSoft Security Software

Sentinel Software’s architecture simplifies PeopleSoft security and provides solutions for the everyday challenges faced by users of PeopleSoft.

Functioning as a bolt-on application within PeopleSoft, Sentinel provides enhanced features and functionalities centering around Administration, Access Requests, Audits, and Data Protection.

Security Administration

Visualize User security and save time with drill-down capabilities to efficiently view and manage Users, Roles, and Permission Lists within all of your PeopleSoft environments. 

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Direct Menu Assignment	✘	Ability to update the menus attached to a User, Role, or Permission List with their corresponding access level – Display, Update, Correction.
Menu Drill-Down	✘	Drill-down within menus to view pages. Indicators are present to display the Role providing its access.
View Menus for Roles / Permission Lists	✘	View menus and pages corresponding to any Role or Permission List.
Assign a Role to Multiple Users	✘	Assign or update a Role for multiple Users simultaneously.
Role Groups	✘	Categorize a collection of roles to easily assign onto a User.
Audit Control Indicators	✘	Labeled notations indicating the presence of audit controls – Sensitive Data, Privileged Access, and Segregation of Duties.
Audit History	✘	A detailed historical record of all completed security updates and changes.
Automate Security	✘	Set up automatic role provisioning to correlate based on a specified job criteria change –  Position, Department, Business Unit.
Temporary Access	✘	Set up automatic temporary access to Roles based on an outlined timeline and schedule.
Mask Sensitive Data Access	✘	Enable and control data masking capabilities for Sensitive Data directly from a User’s Profile.

User Hub

Save time and gain the benefit of centrally managing User access and administering security across all PeopleSoft environments from one centralized location within Sentinel Software.

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Single User Account List	✘	View and update User access across all PeopleSoft environments from one consolidated list.
One View to Update User Accounts	✘	Gain the ability to clone, assign role groups, create, or disable User accounts across multiple environments from one central location.
User Login Sessions	✘	View detailed information pertaining to User login activity – IP Address, Environment, Geolocation.
View PeopleSoft Access	✘	Directly view a User’s PeopleSoft access across all environments – PS Admin, App Designer, Data Mover.
Access Request	✘	Generate an access request ticket for multiple environments directly within a User’s account.

Access Requests

Sentinel Software bridges the communication gap and uncertainty between the PeopleSoft functional users and their security administrators for requesting access. Discover the simpler way of creating access request tickets and how easy administering security can become.

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Direct Menu Access	✘	Gain the ability to see the corresponding menu access related to submitted access requests. Select and grant its corresponding access level –  Display, Update, Correction.
Multiple Role Approvers	✘	Select to notify and add a Reviewer or Backup Approver in conjunction with a request for access. This function is also available to be automatized based on default roles.
Role Groups	✘	A categorized collection of Roles relating to a specific job that can quickly be requested or assigned for User access.
Clone a User’s Roles and Profile Permissions	✘	Front-end users can quickly submit a request for access to mirror the Roles and Profile Permissions of a specified user.
Custom Forms	✘	Create and attach customized forms related to an access request for a quick and centralized reference.
Automated Provisioning	✘	Enable automatic role assigning within a designated environment for approved access requests to automatically apply within PeopleSoft.
Automated Routing	✘	Customize and enable autofill of approver information for access requests to route to their corresponding supervisor or organizational structure.
View Audit Controls	✘	Gain visibility to directly view impacted audit controls corresponding to a user’s request for access – Sensitive Data, Privileged Access, and Segregation of Duties.

User Audit Review

Sentinel enables Users to view real-time audit reports for Sensitive Data, Privileged Access, and Segregation of Duties and centralizes its review and remediation process online.

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Real-time Audit Reports	✘	Eliminate the creation or distribution process pertaining to audit reviews. View all audit reports on-demand and in real-time with the click of a button.
Review and Remediation	✘	Complete the review and remediate process for all audit controls online and updated in real-time.
Correction Access Audit	✘	All users with granted correction access populate on a separate report, notating the corresponding page access and the ability to view, approve, or notate for remediation.
Configurable Audit Controls	✘	Sentinel comes complete with a set of best-practice default audit controls and the ability to customize additional controls.
Audit Filters	✘	Utilize filters to customize and narrow down a report to correspond to a specified category – Job, Department, Supervisor.
Role Audit	✘	Review, approve, or flag for remediation audit controls categorized by Roles.
Page Access Notifications	✘	Enable Manager notification in correlation to granted access for a specific page.
Update Notifications	✘	Enable Manager notification in correlation for granted access for a specified User, Role, or Permission List.

Security Reports

Ready-built reports provide customers with security analytics and comprehensive information, beneficial for audit compliance, and reducing operational risk. 

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Page Analysis	✘	Fully view and drill-down within menus to display any page and its corresponding Users, Roles, and Permission Lists.
Sensitive Data Indicator	✘	View labeled notations indicating the presence of audit controls – Sensitive Data, Privileged Access, and Segregation of Duties.
Compare Users	✘	Select up to five Users to compare a complete list of their Roles.
Correction Access	✘	Filter by correction access for User Access, Role Access, or Permission List Access.
Query Analysis	✘	View Users with access to any Query, Table, or Field.

Update Manager

Engineered with compare functionalities; migrating Roles and Permission Lists into Target Environments has never been easier with the help of Sentinel Software.

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Missing Components List	✘	View a list of any missing components before initiating the sync from the Source to its Target Environment.
Multi-Database	✘	Simultaneously perform the migration process across multiple databases from one centralized point.

Data Protection

Scramble and protect personal and financial information within development environments.

Sentinel	PeopleSoft	Advantage
Multi-Database	✘	Scrub PII/ PCI data in multiple development databases simultaneously.
Identify and Mask Sensitive Data	✘	Gain the ability to quickly identify and mask fields/tables containing sensitive data.
Audit History	✘	Audit logs track the history of all data scrubbing jobs.

 

Learn More With Sentinel

Sentinel Software is designed with the enterprise in mind, allowing PeopleSoft users and security administrators to save time and streamline everyday tasks. Led by a team of industry experts, the software continuously evolves to provide its customers with cutting edge technology for overall operational efficiency. 

Have more questions? Contact us to receive more information or schedule a demo to see how you can benefit today!