Device Groups

A Device Group enables you to associate devices based on a commonality. This feature is useful in permissions assignments, ensuring that users have access to only the devices they need. And several reports and analysis features can be run against device groups for comprehensive analysis.

Also, you can more easily locate a device if it is within a group that shares a common characteristic. Because these groups exist only in the Security Manager module, the physical relationships or connections between the devices on your network are not impacted.

• There is no limit on the number of device groups that can be added in Security Manager.
• One device can belong to multiple device groups.
• In an MSSP deployment, a device group can belong to only one domain and devices within a device group can belong to only one domain.

SIP installs with one existing device group - All Devices. As the name implies, all devices automatically become a member of this group. The All Devices device group cannot be edited or deleted.

Open Device Groups Page

To open the device groups page, on the toolbar click Device > Device Groups.

Device Groups List

The following table defines the values in the Device Groups table. The order of devices listed can sorted by Device Group or Description (the default is ascending by Device Group).

Device Groups List

Value	Description
Device Group	The name of the device group in SIP.
Description	A description of the device group.
Devices	The number of devices in the group.
Child Groups	If a child group is assigned to the device group it will be listed here.
Parent Group	If a parent group is assigned to the device group it will be listed here.
Behavior Analysis	If a device group will participate in behavioral analysis, such as Map and Risk Analyzer, behavioral analysis must be enabled.
Map	Enabled or blank (not enabled)
Risk	Enabled or No Data (enabled) or blank (not enabled)
	Action menu with options for tasks to complete at the device group level.