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Role-Based Security and its Implementation
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Executive Summary
The management of user access has long been a challenge for organizations. Central to this challenge is
the concept of creating defined user roles. Used correctly, roles provide a means of simplification and
allow organizations to adapt enterprise access to the needs of the business. The result is greater IT
operational efficiency, business agility, and improved security through a set of preventative controls.
Introduction
The purpose of this document is to describe how OpenManage Essentials (OME) supports and
implements role-based access control (RBAC) at its operations level. This document also explains the
implementation of role-based access control architecture and the role-level permissions assigned in
OpenManage Essentials.
Role-Based Access Control Implementation
After installation launch OpenManage Essentials, the OmeAdministrators, OmePowerUsers and
OmeUsers user groups would be created under Windows Local Users and Groups.
To verify the creation of OpenManage Essentials groups on a Windows machine, perform the following
steps:
1. Log in as an administrator.
2. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
3. Navigate to Configuration -> Local Users and Groups -> Groups. The OpenManage Essentials
groups are listed in the Groups pane. These are the OmeAdministrators, OmePowerUsers and
OmeUsers groups (Figure 1).
Figure 1. User Group