User's Guide

Functional Area Capabilities (use of)
Vulnerability Assessment • On-demand or scheduled Vulnerability Assessment
• Vulnerability Assessment profiles
Connection Troubleshooting Troubleshooting tools
AirDefense also tracks some functionality by account, regardless of role, such as keeping track of
private vs shared reports and logging appliance activity.
Functional Roles
There are four functional roles for users:
• Security - Manage security alarms.
• Platform Monitoring - Manage the alarms that monitor the platform (system).
• Locationing - Manage the alarms triggered by Location Based Services.
• Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting - Manage the alarms that monitor platform (system)
performance and alarms generated by troubleshooting features such as AP Test.
• Infrastructure Management - Manage the alarms dealing with infrastructure management.
Scope Permissions
You can limit users to accessing and/or managing specific levels within the network tree. If you want
users to have full access, give them permission to access the entire system. If you want users to only
have access to a specific floor within a building, give them permission to access just that floor. You can
limit access to any network level.
Add/Edit Group Accounts
Group accounts involve a group of users set up through remote authentication (either LDAP or
RADIUS). When a user attempts to log into AirDefense that is a member of a group, AirDefense first
uses local authentication to log in the user. If the user is not part of local authentication, remote
authentication is used. Upon finding the user's credential using remote authentication, the group status
is checked. If the user belongs to a group, AirDefense uses the group account to log the user into
AirDefense.
Click the New Group Account button to access the New Group Account overlay.
Note
The New Group Account button is part of a multi-purpose button. Clicking the drop-down
menu button displays a menu where you can select New User Account or New Group
Account. The last option that you select becomes the button.
Legacy Content Account Management
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