System Security
This part of the documentation addressed the mechanisms and configurations required to protect the Inmation system - by controlling access, validating user identities, and enforcing security policies.
No matter if it’s for profile credentials or as a pre-shared key for connections between Nodes, whenever the system requires a password, it has to fulfill the specifications laid out in the Password Policy.
Authentication covers the options for verifying user identity for logging-in to they system:
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Built-In Authentication using profile credentials
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OIDC Authentication using external identity providers
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Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA)
Permissions control if a user can access and modify objects in the model tree. Which permissions can be granted or revoked and how explicitly set permissions and inherited permissions lead to the effective permissions, is explained on the Permissions page
The page on Security References illustrates how Profiles are used to grant permissions to users and how these permissions are applied to control the object access in the Object Model trees.