
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