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User Risk: Browser Extension Settings

Browser extension modes

The User Risk browser extension is an excellent tool for you and your team:

  • For you: insights, visibility, and policy enforcement.
  • For your team: contextually relevant security coaching and guardrails.

Once the extension is deployed you’ll see new, browser-detected applications, appear in the Applications tab. UpGuard's User Risk browser extension has two modes (full vs. minimal) that control what users see. 

🎵 Modes control what users sees from the extension itself, not whether policies take effect. App usage policies are enforced regardless of which extension mode you choose. 

    Extension mode determines what users see in the extension:

    Mode What users see
    Full UI Users can interact with the browser extension. They can view their User Risk score, see what apps they can and can't use, learn how to remove OAuth permissions they've granted, and request access to apps. Nudges and blocks appear when an app's policy requires them.
    Minimal UI Users see a brief description of the browser extension that says it monitors web activity. They do not see their User Risk score, what apps have been approved or not, or any other extension content. Nudges and blocks appear when an app's policy requires them.

    Update the extension’s mode

    UpGuard users with the admin role (or with admin features enabled) can update the extension’s default mode. The extension's mode applies to all users and teams. 

    1. Click the settings cog in UpGuard’s top right corner.
    2. Click Browser Extension under User Risk in the left panel.
    3. Click the toggle next to the appropriate mode.
    User Risk’s browser UI immediately updates and your user’s browser extensions will update within an hour.  

    Edit app usage detection settings 

    User Risk registers app usage after a designated period of usage. By default, User Risk tracks usage after 1 minute of active usage, but you can change that time period in settings.

    1. Click the setting’s cog in UpGuard’s top right corner.
    2. Click Browser Extension under User Risk in the left panel.
    3. Scroll to the App usage detection section.
    4. Click the Only detect app usage after dropdown.
    5. Select the desired time period.

    User Risk’s browser UI immediately updates and your user’s browser extensions will update within an hour.