Security concepts for a WebSEAL deployment
You must understand the security model concepts so that
you can successfully deploy WebSEAL and protect your resources. Basic
concepts include protected object space, access control lists, and
protected object policies.
Secure domain overview The computing environment in which Verify Identity Access enforces security policies for authentication, authorization, and access control is called a secure domain .The role of the user registry and master authorization database in security The user registry and the master authorization database are two key security structures that govern and maintain the security policy of a Verify Identity Access secure domain.The protected object space and system resource The protected object space is a hierarchical representation of resources that belong to a Verify Identity Access secure domain. The system resource is the actual physical file or application.Access control lists and protected object policies Security administrators define and apply the access control list (ACL) and protected object policy (POP) to protect resources in the Verify Identity Access system. These rules are applied to the object representations of the resources in the protected object space.Access control list policies An access control list policy, or ACL policy, controls what operations a user can perform on the resource and who can perform them. Protected object policies Protected object policies, or POPs, are policies that contain extra conditions on the requests that are sent to the Verify Identity Access and WebSEAL along with the yes ACL policy decision from the authorization service.Explicit and inherited policy Policies can be explicitly applied or inherited. The protected object space supports inherited and explicit ACL and POP attributes.Policy administration: The Web Portal Manager The Web Portal Manager is a web-based graphical application that manages the security policy in a Verify Identity Access secure domain. Use the Web Portal Manager to manage the user registry, the master authorization policy database, and the Verify Identity Access servers.