Security Configuration: User Authorization

User authorization settings are designed to control rights or permissions that are granted to a user for accessing a resource managed by RSA NetWitness Platform.

Access Roles

RSA NetWitness Platform allows you to create access roles that you can assign to users. Each access role is mapped to a list of user authorization settings.

For more information, see the following NetWitness Platform topics:

• "Role Permissions" in the Alerting Using ESA Guide.
• "Manage Users with Roles and Permissions" in the System Security and User Management Guide.

Note: RSA NetWitness Platform recommends that you review users’ task permissions on a routine basis to ensure that each user is granted the correct task permissions.

RSA NetWitness Platform allows access roles to be assigned to users through external group membership or directly to user accounts. RSA recommends that you assign permissions through group membership and not assign permissions directly to user accounts. For more information, see "Map User Roles to External Groups" in the System Security and User Management Guide.

The user roles assigned also control permissions that are granted to accounts that need access to a specific component of NetWitness Platform.