Security Profiles

All user access rights are defined in Groups, as defined in User Configuration. However, each Group can have more than one Security Profile.  Security Profiles allow administrators to change security privileges quickly depending on the situation.  By default only one Security Profile (called Default) is used.  In most cases this will be sufficient.  In some cases it may be useful to define additional Security Profiles and modify access rights of the Group per profile. This allows to quickly change permissions to resources (such as cameras) in cases of emergency.  For example, under normal conditions a group of users may have access to all cameras, but in an emergency situation access may be temporarily suspended to one security group but given to another.

To add or delete Security Profiles, click Server > Security Profiles. The Security Profiles dialog appears.  

Usage

To add an additional Security Profile, click Add from the Manage Profiles tab.

To load a different Security Profile, which will immediately affect user access rights, select the Switch Profiles tab and select the profile for activation and click Apply.

Access rights are not defined in the Security Profiles dialog. To modify user permissions per Security Profile, configure the appropriate Group in User Configuration.

If the Security Profile is changed, remember to change the Profile back in order to restore users to their default permissions. For more information, read the Technical Article: Understanding User Management in Aimetis Symphony v6.5.