{"id":336,"date":"2013-08-15T10:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T10:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2013-08-15T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T10:26:41","slug":"upcoming-in-dradis-pro-v1-8-project-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dradis.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/upcoming-in-dradis-pro-v1-8-project-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming in Dradis Pro v1.8: fine-grained project permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next release of <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\">Dradis Pro<\/a> will introduce a long standing feature request: fine-grained project permissions.<\/p>\n<p>From now on, it will be possible to restrict who has access to what projects. We&#8217;ll evolve the interface over time but the basics are already here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-01.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-01.png\" alt=\"A screenshot showing the interface to assign project permissions\" width=\"498\" height=\"313\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Users will only be presented with those projects they have access to in the **Project selection** view:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-02.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-02.png\" alt=\"The Project selection window filters only those projects to which the user has access to\" width=\"795\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-339\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course administrators can access any project any time and reassign the permissions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-03.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/project_permissions-03.png\" alt=\"A screenshot showing the full list of projects for an administrative user\" width=\"794\" height=\"474\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The implementation is almost there, just running the finishing touches. We are hoping to release in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Our users have been pushing for project permissions for a while now. Among the use cases where having fine-grained project permissions is going to be a big win are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrict access to project that require a specific level of clearance (e.g. government projects, department of defense, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Accommodate requirements by certain clients that only a specific set of pre-approved individuals is allowed to take part and manage their projects.<\/li>\n<li>Limit the visibility of the breadth of clients and projects of external contractors or freelancers brought to the organization.<\/li>\n<li>Limit the visibility of new joiners that are still in their probation period.<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is on the most pure permission == restriction front. However, having fine-grained project permissions is also going to allow us to do a number of interesting things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create dashboards in which a users can quickly review all the projects they have been involved in lately.<\/li>\n<li>Create dashboards in which Technical Directors can quickly see a breakdown of projects for each team member.<\/li>\n<li>Quickly identified who has been working with who, and how long ago (useful for 360-degree feedback and evaluation).<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All in all, this is a big step forward in the right direction and while we would normally wait to have a handful of new features before producing a new release we think this is important (and useful) enough to warrant its own version of the tool.<\/p>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<p>If you are not a <strong>Dradis Pro<\/strong> user <em>yet<\/em>, you can read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\/painless_reporting.html\">painless 1-click reporting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\/plugin_manager.html\">merging tool output from your favorite tools into a single report<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\/testing_methodologies.html\">delivering consistent results<\/a> with our tool. <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\/pricing.html\">Get a license<\/a> and start <a href=\"http:\/\/securityroots.com\/dradispro\/#testimonials\">saving yourself some time<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next release of Dradis Pro will introduce a long standing feature request: fine-grained project permissions. 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