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PATROL security

You can secure the data passed between PATROL components and restrict unauthorized users from accessing your data by implementing PATROL security. PATROL now contains five security policy levels in a predefined set of security configurations that you can select from when you install PATROL. You can install the least secure or the most secure features of PATROL, depending on your system needs and the complexity of securing your systems.

Warning

Note

Review the security level definitions in the PATROL Security User Guide before installing PATROL to determine the appropriate security level for your system needs. If you want to implement a new security level after having previously installed security, you must uninstall your current implementation of PATROL and reinstall it with the new security level.

High security requires more configuration of the communicating components (the agent, console, and console server) and is more difficult to use than lower levels of security. You can select the security level that best balances the ease of use with your need for security.

The lowest level (0) is a minimal level of security with no configuration requirements. At the highest security level (4), all communicating components must authenticate with each other and key databases must validate connection requests.

Warning

Note

All components in a system, including agents, consoles and console servers, must operate at the same level of security to communicate with each other. This requirement is ensured when you install PATROL with the lowest level of security (the default level of 0).

For more information about implementing and using PATROL security, see the following documentation:

  • PATROL Security User Guide
  • PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition online documentation
  • PATROL Central Operator - Microsoft Windows Edition online documentation 

How PATROL security affects KMs

PATROL Security is installed as part of the agent, console and console server. KMs inherit the security policy from the agent and console on which they are installed.

 

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