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Administrator Use Case

This administrator use case illustrates the following:

• How administrators are created
• How an existing administrator can create and grant privileges to a new administrator

This scenario involves three administrators

• Super User
• Manager Admin
• Junior Admin

Using the three administrators, the following scenarios are described:

• Super User creates Manager Admin
• Manager Admin creates Junior Admin

The following terms are used throughout the use case:

Access Method

Specifies how an administrator interacts with the Policy Server.

Security Category

Specifies a functional area in which an administrator can execute tasks to manage Policy Server objects or tools.

Scope

Indicates whether the administrator privileges extend to all domains and applications or to only specific domains and applications.

Permissions

Determines whether an administrator can read, manage, propagate, or execute tasks related to a security category.

Rights

Defines the administrator complete set of privileges based on the grouping of the security category, scope, and permissions.