Block Access out of Working Hours for Specific Group of Users

To Block access out of working hours for specific group of users, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the administrator panel.
  2. Under the security tab, select security key policies.
  3. Put default policy on “Allow”.
  4. In the security key policies page, click on “+ New Policy Button”.
  5. In “Policy Name and Priority” step fill the fields, give your policy a name that would be shown in policy list and a priority. A smaller number means higher priority.
  6. In set conditions step, you should specify your security device type, you can choose whatever device that you want for time constraint.
  7. In set condition step, choose the groups you want to block their access out of working hours. Also, choose Time limits, you can choose from named list here or add a new Time Limits with “+” button right in front of Time Limits. If you choose to add Time Limits, a Time-based Limitation form will pop up. You can specify “Time Zone”, “Days of Week” and “Time Period”. For example, in this case you can choose Monday to Friday for days of the week and 9 to 5 in the time period. Whenever you are done, click on “Add Time” to add that condition then click on Next button.
  8. In the select action step, you can choose between two actions, Block or Allow, in this case we want to block a group of out of working hours and the default policy is Allow, so choose “Block” to do this. When it’s done click on Next.
  9. In Review & Submit you can check all inputs and verify if you did every step properly.
  10. You can see the policy in the security policy list.