Minimum Number of Owners

This article explains how to set up the Minimum Number of Owners policy in Syskit Point.

Syskit Point detects workspaces that don't have enough owners, which can make your workspaces less secure and difficult to manage.

The Policies screen contains a predefined policy - Minimum 2 Owners. Click the Edit (1) icon to view the policy's defined options.

Minimum Number of Owners - Edit Policy

The Edit Policy dialog opens where you can:

• Define the policy name (1)

• Define the minimum number of required owners (2); this is set to 2 by default

• Choose the severity level (3); this option is enabled by default

Edit Policy Dialog

• Enable Task Delegation (4) by clicking the toggle next to it and selecting your task delegation preferences:

  • Send reminder to reviewers (5) 3 work days before due date; this option is enabled by default

  • Choose what to do if owners don't resolve the policy vulnerability until the due date (6). The following options are available:

    • Perform no Action; task remains active, and owners can continue to resolve them

    • Reassign Task; when selected, you can define who will get the task - Manager of the Reviewer, Syskit Point Administrators, or custom recipients; this option is selected by default, and the tasks are reassigned to Manager of Reviewer; you must define a fallback user in case there is no manager of the reviewer

      • You can select the Also add as a workspace member checkbox (7) there if you want to add this user as a workspace member; selecting this adds the selected user(s) as members to the workspace(s) with the policy assigned in case they are not already members

        • This option is useful for situations where the reviewer's manager does not have access to the workspace; by providing membership access, the manager can gather more information on the workspace and make an informed decision on the best way to resolve the vulnerability.

    • Automatically Archive; if selected, Syskit Point will archive Microsoft Teams/Groups where owners don't resolve the task within 15 workdays

    • Automatically Delete; if selected, Syskit Point will delete Microsoft Teams/Groups where owners don't resolve the task within 15 workdays

  • Click the checkbox to allow owners to accept risk for the policy (8); the accept risk action excludes this policy from the Security & Compliance check for a specified time period

  • A message (9) is displayed within the dialog in case you enable the Task Delegation option; Syskit Point will create tasks and send emails to owners the next time the underlying daily Policy Monitor job runs

• Click Save (10) once you complete the policy configuration.

Edit Policy Dialog - Task Delegation

Please note: By default, the Minimum Number of Owners Orphaned policy vulnerability is detected when less than 2 active owners are assigned to a workspace. If there are no active owners assigned to a workspace, the Orphaned Workspaces vulnerability is detected instead.

If 1 owner is assigned to a workspace when resolving the Orphaned Workspaces vulnerability, Syskit Point will detect the Minimum Number of Owners vulnerability.

For details on how collaborators can resolve Minimum Number of Owners policy vulnerability tasks, navigate to the following article.