20. General Settings » User Management

In Configuration » General Settings » User Management, you can add, modify and delete Console user accounts and roles.

To add a Console user account, press [Add User] and then select a proper Role. The Roles defined by default are Administrator and Operator, but you can add new Roles with fine-grained access control over reports and configuration objects by pressing [Manage Roles].

You can modify an account by double-clicking it, or by selecting it and by pressing the [Modify User] button.

The following parameters are mandatory:

● User Name – Enter a unique account name

● Role – Select one of the roles already defined in Configuration » General Settings » User Management » Manage Roles. If you want to assign a granular, permission-based access to reports and configuration objects, you may have to define a proper role first, and then to select it here

● Authentication – The following authentication options are available:

▪ Local Password – The user will be authenticated with the password entered in the Password field. Only the hash is stored in the database, so it’s not possible to decrypt the password

▪ Remote Authentication – The user will be authenticated by the LDAP or RADIUS servers configured in General Settings » User Authentication

● Landing Tab – Shows the tab that opens immediately after logging in. The list is dynamic and expands as you add Sensors, dashboards, IP groups, etc.

● Console Notifications – Controls the visual and audio notifications sent via Responses. A page refresh may be needed for this option to take effect immediately

● Console Theme – Allows you to change the look of the user interface

● Console Icon Set – Allows you to change the look of the icons:

▪ Auto – The icon set is automatically selected depending on the Console Theme (Modern for Modern Console themes, or Classic for the rest)

▪ Modern – Modern icons are monochrome and SVG-based

▪ Classic – Classic icons use colors and are bitmap-based

● Reports Region – Lets you switch the position of the Reports Region

● Configuration Region – Lets you switch the position of the Configuration Region

● REST API Access – Controls whether the user has access to the REST API using his credentials

● Minimum Severity – Select the minimum severity level of the events displayed in Console

20.1. Roles

Each Console user must be assigned to one role (access level). There are three role types:

● Administrator – Has full privileges and is allowed to manage other user accounts

● Operator – Can change any configuration but is not authorized to modify other user accounts, and has no access to General Settings » License Manager

● Guest – Can be configured with a granular, permission-based access to specific reports, dashboards, Sensors, IP groups, tools, configuration objects, etc.

To add a new Guest role, go to Configuration » General Settings » User Management » Manage Roles and press [Add Role].

Mandatory parameters:

● Role Name – Enter a unique role name

● Reports Access

▪ Full – The role has full access to the Reports Region, except for adding Dashboards

▪ Custom – Click on the options button to define the granular permissions described in Custom Reports Access

● Configuration Access

▪ Disabled – The role has no access to the Configuration Region

▪ Custom – Click on the options button to define the granular permissions described in Custom Configuration Access

● South Region – Toggle to show or hide the South Region

● Help Menu – Toggle to show or hide the Help Menu from the Upper Menus

20.1.1. Custom Reports Access

● Allow Device Group(s) – Any object defined in Configuration » Components can be assigned to a Device Group. Here you can select which objects can be accessed by the role in the Reports » Devices panel

● Allow IP Group(s) – The IP Zones(s) defined in Configuration » Network & Policy contain subnets and individual hosts. Each subnet and individual host can belong to an IP Group. Here you can select to which IP Groups the Role has access to

● Allow Server(s) – Here you can select to which server the Role has access to

20.1.2. Custom Configuration Access