Centralized Identity Directory Integration and Management for Secure User Authentication.
Zaperon provides centralized directory management that allows administrators to integrate, configure, and manage enterprise identity directories including Active Directory and LDAP from a single interface. By connecting your organization's directory to Zaperon, administrators can synchronize user identities, enforce consistent access policies, and ensure that only verified, provisioned users can authenticate and access organizational resources.
Directory management in Zaperon enables organizations to eliminate manual user provisioning by automatically syncing user identities from existing enterprise directories. This ensures that every user account in Zaperon reflects the current state of your organization's identity source, reducing the risk of orphaned accounts, unauthorized access, and identity drift.
With Zaperon's unified directory management platform, administrators can integrate multiple directory sources, sync user and group data on demand or on schedule, and keep identity information accurate and up to date across the entire platform without disrupting active user sessions or access policies.
Zaperon directory integration supports industry-standard protocols including LDAP and Active Directory, enabling seamless compatibility with the most widely used enterprise identity infrastructure. Once integrated, Zaperon uses directory data as the authoritative identity source for all authentication and access control decisions across Zero Trust policies, application access, and device verification.
For organizations implementing Zero Trust security, accurate and continuously synchronized directory data is a foundational requirement. Zaperon ensures that identity information is always current, that deprovisioned users lose access immediately upon directory sync, and that group-based access policies remain aligned with your organizational structure at all times.
Directory management also helps organizations meet compliance and governance requirements by maintaining a verified, auditable identity source that ensures only active, authorized users are provisioned and able to access organizational applications and data.
This section explains how to integrate, sync, edit, and manage directories in Zaperon.
Integrate Active Directory - Connect your organization's Active Directory to Zaperon to sync user identities, groups, and organizational units for centralized identity-based access control.
Integrate LDAP - Set up LDAP directory integration with Zaperon to enable identity synchronization and policy-based access control for organizations using LDAP-based identity infrastructure.
Sync a Directory - Manually or automatically synchronize your connected directory to keep user and group data current and ensure access policies reflect the latest organizational structure.
Edit a Directory - Update the configuration of an existing directory integration including connection settings, sync preferences, and attribute mappings as your directory infrastructure evolves.
Delete a Directory - Permanently remove a directory integration from Zaperon when it is no longer required, ensuring clean and accurate identity source management.
What is directory management in Zaperon?
Directory management in Zaperon refers to the process of integrating, synchronizing, and maintaining enterprise identity directories such as Active Directory and LDAP within the Zaperon platform. It ensures that user identities are accurate, current, and used as the authoritative source for all access control and authentication decisions.
Which directory types does Zaperon support?
Zaperon supports integration with Active Directory and LDAP, covering the most widely used enterprise identity directory standards across on-premises and hybrid environments.
Why should I integrate my directory with Zaperon?
Integrating your directory with Zaperon eliminates manual user provisioning, ensures that access policies are always aligned with your current organizational structure, and reduces the risk of unauthorized access from orphaned or inactive accounts.
What should I have before integrating a directory with Zaperon?
Before integrating a directory with Zaperon, you need an active Zaperon administrator account with directory management permissions, access to your Azure Portal or LDAP server with sufficient configuration permissions, and your directory tenant ID and application ID ready. For Active Directory integration, the required Microsoft Graph API permissions must also be available and admin consent must be granted after configuration.
How does directory sync work in Zaperon?
Directory sync in Zaperon pulls the latest user and group data from your connected directory and updates the Zaperon identity store accordingly. This ensures that newly added users are provisioned and deprovisioned users lose access automatically based on the current state of your directory.
What happens to user access when a directory is deleted in Zaperon?
Deleting a directory integration in Zaperon removes the connection to that identity source. Users provisioned through that directory may lose access depending on how their accounts are configured. It is recommended to review active user assignments before deleting a directory integration.
Does Zaperon directory integration support Zero Trust access policies?
Yes. Directory data in Zaperon serves as the identity foundation for all Zero Trust Access Policies. User identity, group membership, and organizational unit data from connected directories are used to evaluate and enforce access decisions across all applications and resources.