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Perform tasks to secure your data on the Spectrum Technology Platform2022.1.0.
Web Service Authentication
Spectrum Technology Platform web services require authentication with valid user credentials. There are two methods for authenticating: Basic authentication and authentication by token.
Disabling Authentication for Web Services
Service-level authentication can be disabled for all SOAP or REST web services (or both). This is useful if you have your own high-level authentication built into the solution that is using, for example, Spectrum Spatial services.

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Security
Perform tasks to secure your data on the Spectrum Technology Platform2022.1.0.
- Security Model
  Spectrum Technology Platform uses a role-based security model to control access to the system.
- Users
  Spectrum Technology Platform user accounts control the types of actions users can perform on the system.
- Roles
  Spectrum Technology Platform comes with these some predefined roles.
- Access Control
  Access control settings work in conjunction with roles to define the permissions for a user. Roles define the permissions for categories of entities, such as all dataflows or all database resources, and access control settings define the permissions for specific entities, called secured entities. Examples of secured entities include specific jobs or specific database connections. For example, you may have a role that has granted the Modify permission to the secured entity type "Dataflows", but you may want to prevent users from modifying one specific dataflow. You could accomplish this by using access control to remove the Modify permission for the specific dataflow you do not want modified. You can specify access control settings for users and roles. Access control settings for a user override that specific user's permissions as granted by the user's roles. Access control settings for roles apply to all users who have that role.
- Security for Spatial
- Limiting Server Directory Access
  You can browse the Spectrum Technology Platform server's folders when performing tasks that require them to select a file. For example, users can browse the server when selecting an input or output file in a source or sink stage in Spectrum Enterprise Designer.
- Using HTTPS
  Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol that provides security for communications between client and server by implementing encrypted data and certificate-based authentication.
- Web Service Authentication
  Spectrum Technology Platform web services require authentication with valid user credentials. There are two methods for authenticating: Basic authentication and authentication by token.
  - Disabling Basic Authentication for Web Services
    Spectrum Technology Platform supports two types of authentication for web service requests: Basic authentication and token authentication. By default, both methods are enabled.
  - Disabling Authentication for Web Services
    Service-level authentication can be disabled for all SOAP or REST web services (or both). This is useful if you have your own high-level authentication built into the solution that is using, for example, Spectrum Spatial services.
  - Enabling CORS
    Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a W3C standard that allows data sharing between domains. CORS enables web applications running in one domain to access data from another domain.
- Using LDAP or Active Directory for Authentication
  Spectrum Technology Platform can be configured to use an LDAP or Active Directory server for authentication.
- Implementing Spectrum Single Sign-on (SSO)
  Spectrum Technology Platform provides single sign-on (SSO), leveraging Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Ping Identity, and Azure Identity Provider (IDP).
- Encryption
Data Sources
Configure data sources from which to load and process data in Spectrum Technology Platform2022.1.0.
Spectrum Databases
Manage databases that contain data from trusted data providers. These include databases used by Enterprise Tax, Geocoding, Global Sentry, Universal Addressing, Spatial and Routing.
Services
Access Spectrum Services through a REST or SOAP web service interface.
Flows
Schedule and manage job execution, options, and defaults.
Performance
Perform tasks to get optimal performance from your Spectrum Technology Platform environment.
Monitoring
Monitor system performance and configure notification and use system and audit logs.
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Schedule or create backups and restore the Spectrum Technology Platform server.
Settings
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Administration Utility
Use the Administration Utility Command Line Interface (CLI) to manage Spectrum components and data.
Spectrum properties
Reference information for spectrum-container.properties properties and proxy server settings.
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Disabling Authentication for Web Services

Service-level authentication can be disabled for all SOAP or REST web services (or both). This is useful if you have your own high-level authentication built into the solution that is using, for example, Spectrum Spatial services.

All services and access to resources used by Spectrum Technology Platform are configured, by default, with authentication turned on.

To disable authentication for web services on the Spectrum Technology Platform :

Stop the Spectrum Technology Platform server.
Open the following file in a text editor:
SpectrumDirectory\server\conf\spectrum-container.properties
Change the value of each property as needed. For example, to disable authentication for all SOAP services:
```
spectrum.security.authentication.webservice.enabled.REST=true
spectrum.security.authentication.webservice.enabled.SOAP=false
```
Note: For Spectrum Spatial, REST services also include OGC web services.
Save and close the properties file.
Start the Spectrum Technology Platform server.

Once finished, authentication is turned off for the type of web services that you specified.