Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) cloud application

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter Symantec Web Security Service in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the Symantec Web Security Service SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details page:
   • Copy and save the SSO URL and Entity ID.
   • Download the Certificate.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider details page, the ACS URL and Entity ID values for Symantec Web Security Service are configured by default.
9. Click Continue.
10. On the Attribute mapping page, click Select field menu and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding Symantec Web Security Service attributes:
     

    Google directory attribute	Symantec Web Security Service attribute
    Employee Details > Department	group

11. Click Save.

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to the Symantec Web Security Service portal at https://portal.threatpulse.com with your organization's Symantec Web Security Service administrator account.
3. Click Solutions at top left, then click Service. 
4. Click the Authentication tab, then the SAML tab.
5. Enter or select the following values:
   • Entity ID: the Entity ID you copied in Step 1 above.
   • Endpoint URL:  the SSO URL you copied in Step 1.
   • Endpoint Type: Post Endpoint
   • Group Attribute: group
6. Click Add New Certificate and paste the certificate you downloaded in Step 1 into the certificate window.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Save.
9. Click the Network tab at top, then click the Locations tab.
10. Click Add Location.
11. In the Add Location dialog, enter a Location Name for the new network, an Access Method, and other required information.

    For more information on adding network locations, see "Add a Service Access Location" in the Symantec Web Security Service Solutions WebGuide.

12. Click Save.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select SymantecWSS.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn on or off a service for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. Select On or Off.
   3. Click Override to keep your setting if the service for the parent organizational unit is changed.
   4. If Overridden is already set for the organizational unit, choose an option:
      • Inherit—Reverts to the same setting as its parent.
      • Save—Saves your new setting (even if the parent setting changes).

   Learn more about organizational structure.

7. (Optional) Turn on the service for a group of users.
   Use access groups to turn on a service for specific users within or across your organizational units. Learn more

8. Ensure that your Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Symantec Web Security Service (WSS).
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

1. Open a new browser window and open your browser's network settings > proxy settings.
2. Set proxy settings to "proxy.threatpulse.net:8080", and save.
3. In your browser, navigate to any website. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign in page.
4. Enter your sign in credentials.
5. After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you should be redirected back to the website you were browsing.