Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 83)

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Setting up security
This chapter describes:
 What FactoryTalk Security services provide.
 Gaining initial access to a FactoryTalk system.
 Logging users on to and off from FactoryTalk View SE.
 Deciding how to secure a FactoryTalk View SE application.
 How to set up FactoryTalk accounts in FactoryTalk View SE.
 How to set up run-time security for HMI project components.
 Other ways to control run-time access to an application.
 Working with FactoryTalk Security accounts.
 Choosing the types of accounts to use.
 How to set up user and computer accounts.
 How to set up system-wide policies.
 Setting up security for FactoryTalk system resources.
 Understanding inherited permissions.
 Performing secured tasks in FactoryTalk View SE.
About FactoryTalk Security services
For FactoryTalk products like FactoryTalk View Site Edition, the FactoryTalk Directory
stores information about which users are allowed access to the parts of a control system.
FactoryTalk Security uses this information to provide two basic services:
 User authentication verifies the user’s identity, and whether a request for service
actually originated with that user.
 User authorization verifies the user’s request to access a software resource, based
on the access rights and privileges defined for that user.
For example, when a FactoryTalk View SE network distributed application user logs on to
FactoryTalk View Studio, FactoryTalk Security services verify the user’s identity first.
If authentication succeeds, security services check permissions assigned to the user, to
authorize actions performed on secured parts of the application.