Chrome OS Demo: Managing security settings for apps and extensions

Chrome OS Demo: Managing security settings for apps and extensions


Chrome OS Demo: Managing security settings for apps and extensions

In this video, we’ll review some best practices to lock down your fleet. Let’s walk through how to manage your security settings with application and extension management.


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0 -> [MUSIC PLAYING]
2.988 ->
5.478 -> SPEAKER: In this video, we'll review some best practices
8.53 -> to lock down your fleet.
10 -> let's walk through how to manage your security settings
12.46 -> with extension management.
14.5 -> As a Chrome administrator, you can
16.239 -> determine which apps and extensions your users
18.79 -> are allowed to install, which apps and extensions can
21.58 -> be force-installed, and which ones to block altogether.
25.15 -> This ensures your devices only run
27.16 -> those applications that are approved and vetted
29.77 -> by your organization.
31.24 -> Start by clicking the Devices tile on the home
33.58 -> page of the Admin Console.
35.5 -> On the left, click on Chrome Management.
38.62 -> Then click the Apps and Extensions tab.
42.03 -> We see the option to govern which applications
44.25 -> fall into which category.
45.93 -> You can block downloads except for only those apps
48.45 -> and extensions you explicitly approve,
50.79 -> or permit installation of apps from either the Chrome Web
53.37 -> Store or the Google Play Store, or both.
56.67 -> To explicitly approve or block an app or extension,
59.55 -> simply hover over the yellow plus sign.
61.95 -> Select the type of app you'd like to add,
64.349 -> Chrome Apps from the Chrome Web Store or Android apps
68.07 -> from the Google Play Store.
70.51 -> In the App Catalog, locate the app you want to install.
73.75 -> Let's select the Google Keep app.
75.88 -> Click Select.
77.83 -> Under Installation Policy, you can choose Block,
81.28 -> Allow Install, Force-Install, or Force-Install.
84.56 -> Plus PIN.
86.48 -> Click Save.
89.05 -> For more granular control, selecting the gear icon
92.17 -> will bring up additional settings.
94.57 -> Here, you can govern apps and extensions
96.79 -> that can be allowed based on their type, extension, theme,
101.11 -> packaged apps, and the like, or by their permissions
104.53 -> and actions.
106.07 -> For example, you can block any extension that needs access
109.3 -> to experimental APIs or one that requests
112.33 -> fullscreen escape override.
115.96 -> To learn more, visit the Google Chrome Help Center.
118.79 -> [MUSIC PLAYING]
121.54 ->

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E0PwN4mfnc