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Integrated Security

A user account specifies:

• The database credentials and authentication method that can be used to log into the management console. When registered as a data source with the CA PC or the CA NPC, the user account can be used to log into the management console and the CA PC or CA NPC.
• The management console role which defines the report pages of the management console, such as the Incidents page, that the user can access.
• The permission groups which define the report data, such as the data for a particular domain, that the user can access.
• The product privileges which define administrator-level permission, such as permission to access the Administration page, in the management console.

  To manage user security on a management console data source, you must log into the management console with a user account that has the Administrator product privilege.

The default administrator account, admin, is locked to prevent changes to product privileges. This account is required to have Administrator privileges for all registered data sources. If you select a group of accounts that includes the admin account, you are not able to edit the product privileges for any of the selected accounts.

Use the following default user accounts or create your own. We recommend that you change the default passwords as soon as possible: