Web appliance role based administration

We are currently considering some kind of role-based administration for the product. Role-based administration has two distinct dimensions that I like to characterize as horizontal roles and vertical roles.

Horizontal roles are all about limiting the kinds of things you can do in the Admin UI - reporting, policy, network configuration, user feedback request processing. This is the most commonly requested kind of role-based admin and we are planning to add some functionality in this area over the next 12-18 months.

Vertical roles are more the kind of thing you're asking about - providing certain admins with the ability to interact with only certain groups of users - whether that is in creating policy or in generating reports. This kind of integration is certainly on our radar too.

In the mid-term (18-36 months) we are keen to introduce more management integration between our desktop and appliance products. As you point out, the Sophos Enterprise Console already has systems for controlling roles and sub-estates, and there is certainly a preference for us to integrate with those existing systems rather than creating a parallel model just for the Web Appliance. Look for that integration providing a path to the functionality you're after.

We are currently considering some kind of role-based administration for the product. Role-based administration has two distinct dimensions that I like to characterize as horizontal roles and vertical roles.

Horizontal roles are all about limiting the kinds of things you can do in the Admin UI - reporting, policy, network configuration, user feedback request processing. This is the most commonly requested kind of role-based admin and we are planning to add some functionality in this area over the next 12-18 months.

Vertical roles are more the kind of thing you're asking about - providing certain admins with the ability to interact with only certain groups of users - whether that is in creating policy or in generating reports. This kind of integration is certainly on our radar too.

In the mid-term (18-36 months) we are keen to introduce more management integration between our desktop and appliance products. As you point out, the Sophos Enterprise Console already has systems for controlling roles and sub-estates, and there is certainly a preference for us to integrate with those existing systems rather than creating a parallel model just for the Web Appliance. Look for that integration providing a path to the functionality you're after.