Introduction
Machine lock control allows administrators to have the option to limit Silo client access to specific workstations, or to company-issued machines in particular. This helps restrict access to Silo from personal machines, or from personal accounts within an organization network.
Technical Requirements
When Silo starts up, it gathers various immutable and mutable machine data points and transmits them back to Authentic8. Among the immutable data collected is a data point stored in the local machine’s registry key. If you need help with this configuration, please contact your help desk or Authentic8 support.
This Registry Value is used as a Machine Lock reference to identify the machine owner.
The workflow is as follows:
An end user attempts to log into Silo from a Windows machine:
- Is the RegisteredOwner attribute of the connecting device in our table of Locked Devices?
- If YES, at which organization does this lock state exist?
- Does the username associated with the login sit at or beneath this organization?
- If YES, allow the login. If NO, block the login and issue a notification via the client.
- If NO, the user may log in normally.
Please contact Support for any additional questions.