Administrator Guide

Glossary of Security Terms
Access Controls Settings that control whether individual device menus, functions, and settings
are available, and to whom. Also referred to as Function Access Controls on some
devices.
Authentication A method for securely identifying a user.
Authorization A method for specifying which functions are available to a user.
Building Block Authentication and Authorization tools used in the Embedded Web Server. They
include: password, PIN, Internal accounts, LDAP, LDAP+GSSAPI, Kerberos 5.
Group A collection of users sharing common characteristics.
Security Template A profile created and stored in the Embedded Web Server, used with Access
Controls to manage device functions.
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