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                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/compliance/",
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                "q": "SAML 2.0 and OIDC configuration options that support integration with a wide variety of IdPs."
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                "q": "Teams and Enterprise organizations can use SCIM ."
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                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/",
                "q": "Organization two-step login via Duo Enable and enforce organization-wide two-factor authentication through Duo MFA."
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                "plan": "Teams",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/",
                "q": "View detailed records of over 50 types of events with timestamps, client type, IP addresses, and user, all retained indefinitely and easily exportable."
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            "data_residency": {
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                    "EU"
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                "q": "The Bitwarden cloud is available globally with data storage in both United States and European Union regions."
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            "encryption": {
                "v": "Zero-knowledge, end-to-end encryption of all vault data, decryptable only with the master password",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/compliance/",
                "q": "Bitwarden uses end-to-end encryption for all vault data, which only your master password can decrypt."
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                "plan": "Enterprise",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/",
                "q": "Self-host option Run the Bitwarden server application on your own network or server. Compatible with all Bitwarden end-clients."
            },
            "mode": {
                "v": "partial",
                "summary": "Any unlocked Bitwarden app works offline in read-only mode; items, attachments and Sends cannot be added or edited until reconnected.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/help/using-bitwarden-offline/",
                "q": "Any unlocked Bitwarden app can be used offline in read-only mode"
            },
            "desktop": {
                "v": [
                    "Windows",
                    "macOS",
                    "Linux"
                ],
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/download/",
                "q": "Install Bitwarden on macOS, Windows, and Linux desktops with native applications."
            },
            "mobile": {
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                    "iOS",
                    "Android"
                ],
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/download/",
                "q": "Take your password manager on the go with mobile apps for your phone or tablet."
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                "plan": "Enterprise",
                "summary": "Enterprise policies including session timeout, require SSO, single organization and centralized item ownership.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/help/policies/",
                "q": "The Single organization policy must be turned on before activating the following policies: Account recovery administration Require single sign-on authentication Default URI match detection Session timeout"
            },
            "office_hardware": {
                "v": "Two-step login supports up to 10 hardware security keys and Yubico OTP; no other office hardware documented.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/",
                "q": "Up to 10 hardware security keys, Yubico OTP, Duo, Email, Authentication app"
            }
        },
        "facts": [
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                "topic": "offline",
                "text": "Bitwarden apps work offline only in read-only mode: you can view but not add or edit items without a connection.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/help/using-bitwarden-offline/",
                "q": "Most functions of Bitwarden are accessible in offline mode, however you won't be able to make edits to or add vault items, attachments, or sends or import new vault items."
            },
            {
                "topic": "office",
                "text": "The desktop app can be installed on air-gapped/offline machines from the GitHub release installer and asset bundle, though it will not auto-update.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/help/using-bitwarden-offline/",
                "q": "Customers occasionally wish to install Bitwarden on offline machines, for example in air-gapped environments."
            },
            {
                "topic": "security",
                "text": "Enterprise customers can self-host Bitwarden on their own servers behind a proxy or firewall for data-residency control.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/",
                "q": "You can place your Bitwarden installation behind a proxy, firewall, and other safeguards for enhanced data security."
            },
            {
                "topic": "remote",
                "text": "Cloud accounts live in either the US or EU region, chosen at sign-up; an account exists only in the region where it was created.",
                "src": "https://bitwarden.com/help/server-geographies/",
                "q": "Bitwarden server regions are separate, and your account or organization only exists in the region where it was first created."
            }
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