Enterprise Policies

Enterprise polices allow Enterprise organizations to enforce security rules for all users, for example mandating use of two-step login.

Enterprise policies can be set by organization admins or owners.

Policies can be set from the Admin Console by navigate to Settings → Policies:

Turning on the Require two-step login policy will require members to use any two-step login method to access their vaults. If you are using an SSO or identity provider's 2FA functionality, you don't need to enable this policy. This policy is enforced even for users who have only accepted invitation to your organization.

Turning on the Master password requirements policy will enforce a configurable set of minimum requirements for users' master password strength. Organizations can enforce:

• Minimum master password complexity

• Minimum master password length

• Types of characters required

Password complexity is calculated on a scale from 0 (weak) to 4 (strong). Bitwarden calculates password complexity using the zxcvbn library.

Use the Require existing members to change their passwords option to require existing, non-compliant organization members, regardless of role, to update their master password during their next login. Users who create a new account from the organization invite will be prompted to create a master password that meets your requirements.

Turning on the Remove Unlock with PIN policy will prohibit members from configuring or using unlock with PIN on web apps, browser extensions, and desktop apps. This policy applies to all organization members when turned on, including admins and owners.

Members who are using unlock with PIN prior to the policy will have it enforced on their next log in, meaning if they have an already logged-in session they will still see the option in the UI and be able to unlock with PIN until they log out or turn off the unlock with PIN option in the client.

Turning on the Account recovery administration policy will allow owners and admins to use password reset to reset the master password of enrolled users. By default, users will need to self-enroll in password reset, however the automatic enrollment option can be used to force automatic enrollment of invited users.

The Account recovery administration policy is required for your organization to use SSO with trusted devices.

Automatic enrollment

Turning on the automatic enrollment option will automatically enroll all new members, regardless of role, in password reset when their invitation to the organization is accepted and prevent them from withdrawing.

Turning on the Password generator policy will enforce a configurable set of minimum requirements for any user-generated passwords for all members, regardless of role. Organizations can enforce:

• Password, passphrase, or user preference

For passwords:

• Minimum password length

• Minimum number (0-9) count

• Minimum special character (!@#$%^&*) count

• Types of characters required

For passphrases:

• Minimum number of words

• Whether to capitalize

• Whether to include numbers

Turning on the Single organization policy will restrict non-owner/non-admin members of your organization from being able to join other organizations, or from creating other organizations. This policy is enforced even for users who have only accepted invitation to your organization, however this policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

Turning on the Require single sign-on authentication policy will require non-owner/non-admin users to log in with SSO. If you're self-hosting, you can enforce this policy for owners and admins using an environment variable. For more information, see Using Login with SSO. This policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

Members of organizations using this policy will not be able to log in with passkeys.

Turning on the Remove individual vault policy will require non-owner/non-admin users to save vault Items to an organization by preventing ownership of vault items for organization members.

A banner is displayed to users on the Add Item screen indicating that a policy is affecting their ownership options.

This policy is enforced even for users who have only accepted invitation to your organization, however this policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

Turning on the Remove Send policy will prevent non-owner/non-admin members from creating or editing a Send using Bitwarden Send. Members subject to this policy will still be able to delete existing Sends that have not yet reached their deletion date. This policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

A banner is displayed to users in the Send view and on opening any existing Send to indicate that a policy is restricting them to only deleting Sends.

Turning on the Send options policy will allow owners and admins to specify options for creating and editing Sends. This policy is not enforced for owners and admins. Options include:

Setting the Vault timeout policy will allow you to:

• Implement a maximum vault timeout duration for all members of your organization except owners. This option applies the timeout restriction to all client applications (mobile, desktop, browser extension, and more).

• Set a vault timeout action for all members of your organization except owners. This option can be set to User Preference, Lock or Logout when a vault timeout occurs.
  
  The Logout option can be used, for example, to prompt users to use 2FA each time they access their vaults and to prevent offline use by regularly clearing local data from users' machines.

A banner is displayed to users during vault timeout configuration indicating that a policy is affecting their options. Some vault timeout options, like On browser restart or Never will not be available to users when this policy is activated. This policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

Turning on the Remove individual vault export policy will prohibit non-owner/non-admin members of your organization from exporting their individual vault data. This policy is not enforced for owners and admins.

In the web app and CLI, a message is displayed to users indicating that a policy is affecting their options. In other clients, the option will simply be disabled:

Turning on the Remove Free Bitwarden Families sponsorship policy will prevent members of your organization from having the option to redeem a free Families plan through your organization.

Users who have redeemed a sponsored Families organization prior to the policy being activated will continue to have their organization sponsored until the end of the current billing cycle. Their stored payment method will be charged for the organization when the next billing cycle begins.

Turning on the Activate autofill policy will automatically turn on the autofill on page load feature on the browser extension for all existing and new members of the organization. If activated, members will not have the ability to disable autofill on page load.

Turning on the Automatically log in users for allowed applications policy will allow login forms to be filled and submitted automatically when accessing non-SSO apps from your identity provider. In order to enable this setting:

1. To enable the Automatically log in users for allowed applications policy, check the Turn on box, and input your Identity provider host URL(s). The URL should include protocol://domain.
   

   

2. As an Administrator on your IdP, add an application, or app shortcut to your end-user dashboard containing the destination URL with the added parameter ?autofill=1. For example, using Microsoft Azure:
   

   

3. Once the application has been saved, users may select the application from the IdP dashboard and Bitwarden will autofill and login to the application