Concept Of Authority

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Concept Of Authority

In addition to scope of authority, the Security Administrator must also be assigned particular types of administrative authorities. These authorities define the security functions the Control ACIDs can perform for ACIDs within their scope.

Upper level security administrators can grant administrative authorities to lower level administrators within their scope, provided the higher level administrators already possess the appropriate authorities.

The following illustration shows a typical corporate structure and the ACIDs related to each structural element.

The following table shows how the CA Top Secret ACIDs correspond to elements within the corporate structure shown in the previous illustration:

Corporate Element	Corresponding ACID
Data Security Manager/Chief	MSCA is a control ACID
Data Security Administrator	SCA is a Control ACID
Princeton Office	PRNZON is a Zone ZCID
Finance Division R & D Division	xxxDEPT are Department ACIDs
Payroll Department Accounting Department Research Department Marketing Department	xxxDEPT are Department ACIDs
Payroll Functions Accounts Receivable Functions Accounts Payable Functions	xxxPROF are Profile ACIDs
Clerks	USRxx are User ACIDs