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Security

Before you allow user access to CA APM, set up security to control access to the product, protect your repository from unauthorized or inaccurate changes, and make necessary data available to users. For example, you can provide one user with access to models and assets, and another user with access to legal documents.

Setting up security involves the following tasks:

1. Users. Define the users who can access the product.
2. User Roles. Define groups of users who perform similar tasks.
3. Authentication. Define how users are authenticated when they log in.
4. Searches. Define which users can use searches.
5. Configuration. Protect users from performing unauthorized tasks.

One or more system administrators perform these security tasks in CA APM. A system administrator with the user ID uapmadmin acts as a global system administrator, with complete control over all security aspects of the product.

You enforce security across the enterprise by using the web interface. Minimal database skills are required to perform these tasks.