Security groups

In the Security Groups section of the AWS Management Console for Wickr, you can manage security groups and their settings, such as password complexity policies, messaging preferences, calling features, security features and network federation.

View security groups

Complete the following procedure to view security groups.

1. Open the AWS Management Console for Wickr at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wickr/.

2. On the Networks page, choose the Admin link, to navigate to Wickr Admin Console for that network.

   

   You're redirected to the Wickr Admin Console for a specific network.

   

3. In the navigation pane of the Wickr Admin Console, choose Network Settings, and then choose Security Group.

   The Security Groups page displays your current Wickr security groups and gives you the option to view their details or create a new group.

Create a security group

Complete the following procedure to create a security group.

1. Open the AWS Management Console for Wickr at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wickr/.

2. On the Networks page, choose the Admin link, to navigate to Wickr Admin Console for that network.

   You're redirected to the Wickr Admin Console for a specific network.

3. In the navigation pane of the Wickr Admin Console, choose Network Settings, and then choose Security Group.

4. Choose New group to create a new security group.

   A new security group with a default name is automatically added to the security groups list.

   For more information about editing the new security group, see Edit a security group.

Edit a security group

Complete the following procedure to edit a security group.

1. Open the AWS Management Console for Wickr at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wickr/.

2. On the Networks page, choose the Admin link, to navigate to Wickr Admin Console for that network.

   You're redirected to the Wickr Admin Console for a specific network.

3. In the navigation pane of the Wickr Admin Console, choose Network Settings, and then choose Security Group.

4. Choose Details next to the name of the security group that you want to edit.

   The Security Group Details page displays the settings for the security group in different tabs.

5. The following tabs and corresponding settings are available:

   • Security group name — Choose the pencil icon next to the name of the group to edit the name.

   • General — Edit the basic configuration of the group.

   • Messaging — Manage messaging features for members of the group.

   • Calling — Manage calling features for members of the group.

   • Security — Configure additional security features for the group.

   • Federation — The ability to communicate between networks. This can be configured in the Admin console for a network at the security group level. AWS Wickr has 2 types of federation - Local and Global.

     • Local Federation — The ability to federate with AWS users in other networks within the same region. For example, if there are two networks in Canada with local federation enabled, they will be able to communicate with each other.

     • Global Federation — The ability to federate with either Enterprise users or AWS users in a different network who belong to other regions. For example, if there is a user in a network in Canada region and a user in a network in London region, and Global federation is turned ON for both networks, they will be able to communicate with each other.

     • Restricted Federation — The ability to federate with specific networks (Enterprise or AWS) belonging to different regions. Admins can allowlist specific networks their users can federate with. After the restriction, users can only communicate with users in the allowlisted networks. Both networks must allowlist each other from the security group settings in the federation tab to use restricted federation.

6. Choose Save to save edits that you make to the security group details.

Delete a security group

Complete the following procedure to delete a security group.

1. Open the AWS Management Console for Wickr at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wickr/.

2. On the Networks page, choose the Admin link, to navigate to Wickr Admin Console for that network.

   You're redirected to the Wickr Admin Console for a specific network.

3. In the navigation pane of the Wickr Admin Console, choose Network Settings, and then choose Security Group.

4. Choose the vertical ellipsis icon next to the name of the security group that you want to delete.

5. Choose Remove to delete the security group.

   When you delete a security group that has assigned users, those users are automatically added to the default security group. To modify the security group assigned to users see Edit users.