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User notification system components

The Bravura Security Fabric user notification system consists of four main binaries:

Notification Service

Updates the database with information about notification events and compliance rules, and runs plugins that:

  • Check if a user is in compliance for a particular event

  • Send reminders to non-compliant users, either by web or email

  • Take action if the reminder limit for a user is exceeded

  • Generate a list of non-compliant users for batch notification

Notification Client

The Notification Client (psntfclient) is required only if users will receive notification via their web browser. The client is installed on a network share and is responsible for contacting the Notification Service (psntfsvc) to determine if users have any pending notifications. If they do, the psntfclient program opens a browser on the user’s workstation for the user to first log in and then to display the notification message in Bravura Security Fabric . If any of those notifications are force-level, the psntfclient opens the browser in kiosk mode, preventing the user from accessing navigation or other functionality until the user becomes compliant.

User notifications (PSN) module

Acts as the gateway between the Notification Client (psntfclient) and the Notification Service, and enables users to receive, acknowledge, and act on notifications from their web browser.

ntftrigger

Bravura Security Fabric uses the ntftrigger program to communicate with the Notification Service and send out notifications. Scheduling a batch notification creates a scheduled job to run ntftrigger. You can use this program to test notifications rather than wait for the scheduled time.

Best practice

Configure the Startup Programs on all PCs, using a GPO, to call the Bravura Security Notification Client, which will check if there are any messages to display to the user and, if so, launch their default web browser to the appropriate URL. The notification client need not be installed locally on PCs – it can be run from a network share that is placed on the Intranet Zone to avoid security warnings.

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