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Introduction to Security
Manage user roles and security for Spectrum Spatial and Spectrum Spatial Analyst.
Security for the Technology Platform
Users
Spectrum Technology Platform user accounts control the types of actions users can perform on the system.
Adding a User through Spectrum Management Console
This procedure describes how to create a Spectrum Technology Platform user account and assign a role to the account.

Welcome
What is Spectrum Spatial?
Getting Started
Learn about Spectrum Spatial.
Administration
Configure, manage, monitor, troubleshoot, and tune the performance of your system.
Introduction to Security
Manage user roles and security for Spectrum Spatial and Spectrum Spatial Analyst.
- Managing Security
- Security for the Technology Platform
  - Security Model Overview
  - Users
    Spectrum Technology Platform user accounts control the types of actions users can perform on the system.
    - Adding a User through Spectrum Management Console
      This procedure describes how to create a Spectrum Technology Platform user account and assign a role to the account.
    - Changing a Password
      This procedure describes how to change a user's password.
    - Setting a Minimum Password Length
      The minimum password length is enforced when creating or changing a password. Existing passwords that are shorter than the minimum length will continue to be valid.
    - Changing Your Email Address
      The email address associated with your user account will receive notifications by some Spectrum Technology Platform modules.
    - Disabling a User Account
      You have the option to disable a user account to prevent access to Spectrum Technology Platform.
    - Deleting a User through Spectrum Management Console
      You have the option to permanently delete user accounts.
    - Locking User Accounts
      As a security precaution, user accounts are disabled after five unsuccessful authentication attempts in row. This includes unsuccessful authentication attempts to Spectrum Enterprise Designer, Spectrum Management Console, web services, and the Client API.
    - Logging Out Inactive Sessions
      Users of Spectrum Enterprise Designer and web clients such as Spectrum Management Console, Relationship Analysis Client, Data Stewardship, and others, are automatically logged out after 30 minutes of inactivity. You will see a warning message that your session will expire before you are logged out of the system.
  - Roles
    Spectrum Technology Platform comes with these some predefined roles.
  - 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.
  - Enable HTTPS in Spectrum
    By default the Spectrum Technology Platform server uses HTTP for communication with Spectrum Enterprise Designer, browser applications such as Spectrum Management Console and Metadata Insights, as well as for handling web service requests and API calls.
  - 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.
  - Using LDAP or Active Directory for Authentication
    Spectrum Technology Platform can be configured to use an LDAP or Active Directory server for authentication.
- Security for Spatial
- Security for Spatial Analyst
Resources and Data
Learn how to work with spatial and routing data using named resources.
Managing Spatial
Manage the Spectrum Spatial repository and Spectrum Spatial Analyst deployments using Spectrum Spatial Manager.
Development
Learn how to incorporate spatial and routing functionality into your solutions.
Stages
Learn about the spatial and routing stages available for dataflows in Spectrum Enterprise Designer.
Services
Learn how to access spatial and routing services from your applications.
Utilities
Take advantage of the productivity tools that Spectrum Spatial has for working with spatial data.
Reference
Information about Spatial Java properties, MapInfo SQL language, and closest arc snapping when calculating routes.

Adding a User through Spectrum Management Console

This procedure describes how to create a Spectrum Technology Platform user account and assign a role to the account.

To add a user account and assign a role to it:

Open Spectrum Management Console.
Go to System > Security.
Click the Add button .
Leave the Enabled switch set to On if you want this user account to be available for use.
Enter the user name in the User name field.

Note: User names can only contain ASCII characters. User names are case sensitive.
Enter the user's email address in the Email address field. The email address is used by some modules to send notifications to users.
Enter a description of the user in the Description field.
Enter and confirm the user's password.
Select the roles you want to give to this user.

You may create your own roles or use one of the default roles. The default roles are:

admin

This role has full access to all parts of the system.

designer

This role is for users that create dataflows and process flows in Spectrum Enterprise Designer. It provides the ability to design and run dataflows.

integrator

This role is for users who need to process data through Spectrum Technology Platform but do not need to create or modify dataflows. It allows the user to access services through web services and the API, and to run jobs.

user

This is the default role. It provides no access to the system. Users who have this role will only gain access to the system if you grant permission through secured entity overrides.

For information about creating roles, see Creating a Role in Spectrum Management Console.
Click Save.