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Policy-based Security Overview

Managing users and securing resources successfully are critical aspects of administering an application, a Web site, or a portal. To manage users and secure resources effectively, you must:

• Provide users with easy and fast access to appropriate information.
• Provide security users can trust.
• Protect resources from users who are not allowed access.

Failing to manage users and secure resources effectively can have negative effects on you and your clients, such as:

• Jeopardizing resources if security is inadequate.
• Losing sales if potential customers lack confidence in the security of your site and avoid the site.
• Frustrating customers if the process of accessing resources is cumbersome.
• Losing consumer data if you do not track users adequately.

Developing and implementing a strategy that secures your resources and also manages your user base is critical when you build a Web site or Web application.