Set up Credential Protection at your organization – Dashlane

This article is for admins of organizations with Credential Protection.

This article has everything you need to deploy Dashlane to your organization.

Step 1: Start a trial or buy a Credential Protection plan

Step 2: Set up Risk Detection

Set up Credential Risk Detection to uncover credential risk across your organization without compromising employee privacy.

After Credential Risk Detection is turned on, Dashlane securely and silently monitors for weak and compromised passwords entered in company-managed desktop browsers.

Set up Risk Detection

Step 3: Extension deployment

If you haven't done so in Step 2, you can deploy the Dashlane browser extension to all plan members using GPO, Intune, or Jamf. The extension is a crucial piece of software that helps your organization get the most out of Dashlane.

Extension deployment using Windows and Intune
Extension deployment using Windows and GPO
Extension deployment using macOS and Jamf

If your organization also has Password Management, we advise you to take these additional steps:

Step 4: Integrate Dashlane with your Identity Provider

If your organization also uses Password Management, you can integrate Dashlane with your Identity Provider (IdP) so members can authenticate with single sign-on (SSO). You can use any SAML 2.0 IdP—such as Azure, Okta, or Google Workspace.

This step also sets you up to provision plan members with Just in Time Provisioning or SCIM.

Integrate Dashlane with your Identity Provider (IdP) for SCIM
Just in Time Provisioning
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Tip: We advise you to test both SSO and provisioning methods with a few members before rolling out Dashlane to your entire organization.

Step 5: Prepare your organization for onboarding

To prepare your organization for onboarding, we recommend sending an announcement message and establishing a password policy.

Send an announcement message

When you deploy, employees receive an email that leads them through prompts and onboards them to Dashlane. We recommend that you also send an email or message in advance to prepare them. You can use these templates as a guide.

Email template

We're pleased to announce the deployment of a new cybersecurity tool on your computers: Dashlane. With Dashlane, you can store your passwords in a secure way and automatically save passwords while browsing!

As a [ORGANIZATION] employee, you’ll enjoy the benefits of Dashlane Business, including:

Easy access: Easily log in on any device. With Dashlane’s universal app, your passwords sync securely to all your authenticated devices, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook, iOS, Android, and the Dashlane web app.

Password vault: Never forget another password, Dashlane will remember all your passwords —so you don’t have to. Actively monitor the web and the dark web to be alerted to the slightest leak of your personal data.

Secure sharing: Need to share or store sensitive information? With Secure Notes, you can safely share information with other plan members.

So much more: From generating strong passwords to giving you a Password Health score, Dashlane helps you finally get organized and take control of your password security in a way that is simple and convenient.

Look in your inbox in the coming days for an invitation to get started with Dashlane.

Message template

Hello everyone!
                  
We have adopted a new tool called Dashlane at [ORGANIZATION] for managing our passwords more conveniently and improving our overall security!

As part of our efforts, we've updated the password policy to include Dashlane for all passwords, password sharing, and Secure Notes. This is crucial to strengthen [ORGANIZATION]'s security stance, given the role weak passwords play in data breaches.
                  
Select this link [INVITE LINK] to get started with your account! All accounts should be created and your logins added to Dashlane by [DATE].

You can also include our plan member onboarding webinar link in your message.
Watch the recording of an earlier plan member webinar

Create a password policy

We recommend you create or update your organization's password policy. You can use this template as a guide:

Password policy template

Dashlane is a secure and convenient enterprise password management and credential security solution. Avoid using alternative password managers (also known as password keepers), including saving passwords in your internet browser.

Use Dashlane's Password Generator to create unique, strong passwords for all online accounts.

Keep your Dashlane Password Health score above 90%.

Don't reuse personal passwords for business purposes or the same corporate password for multiple business accounts. Use Dashlane to identify which passwords you are reusing.

Securely and conveniently share passwords with colleagues using Dashlane and no other method.

Refrain from writing passwords down on paper or saving them in a document on your computer.

If you receive a Dark Web Monitoring or breach alert, change the password of the impacted accounts as soon as possible. Time matters. Time can mean the difference between staying safe or being hacked. Think about what you would do if you lost your credit card.

Add 2-factor authentication (2FA) for all critical accounts. Dashlane makes it easy for you to find out which of your saved logins offer 2FA.

You can also review our other policy resources.
Dashlane blog: Creating a password policy your employees will actually follow
Resource library: Password policy checklist

Step 6: Provision and invite members

If you've integrated Dashlane with your IdP, you can provision employees and invite them to your plan using Just in Time Provisioning or SCIM.

SCIM provisioning
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No matter which plan you have, you have several options for inviting employees to your plan:

Invite them manually through the Users tab in the Dashlane Admin Console
Send invitations to a group by uploading a CSV or TXT file with their email addresses
Create sharing groups and add members to the group, which invites them to the plan automatically

Invite members to your plan manually through the Admin Console
Create and manage sharing groups

If you need to add more seats to your plan, you can do so at any time in the Account tab of the Admin Console or when inviting new members.

More about adding seats to your plan

Post-deployment steps

After you've deployed Dashlane, we recommend completing the following steps to maximize the benefits of Dashlane and your admin role.

Follow up on pending invitations: Follow up with any members who still need to accept their invitation to join Dashlane by resending the invite email or link.

Resend the invite email or link
Track your plan's Password Health score: Check your plan's Password Health score every month. Reach out to plan members with low scores and encourage them to take action.

Manage the Password Health score of your plan
Check out additional resources:
- Resource Library for plan admins
- Admin resources in our Help Center
- Trust Report at trust.dashlane.com
- Register for the live admin webinar
  
  You can also watch the recording of an earlier admin webinar.
Stay in touch: If you have any issues with deployment, contact our Support team.

Contact Support through the Admin Console
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