IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On, Version 8.2.2

Administrator Guide

This guide is intended for the Administrators. It covers the different Administrator tasks. IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On Administrator Guide provides procedures for creating and assigning policy templates, editing policy values, generating logs and reports, and backing up the IMS Server and its database. Use this guide together with the IBM® Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On Policies Definition Guide.

Overview
Administrators manage users, roles, policies, authentication factors, and reports.
Managing users and roles
There are three roles in IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On: Administrator, Help desk, and user. You can assign roles, assign users to a Help desk role, delete users, and view user settings.
Managing policy templates
A policy template is a set of predefined user or computer policies that can be applied to users or computers. You can create, assign, and configure user and computer policy templates. System policies do not have a template.
Managing authentication factors
As Administrator, you can modify the settings on the authentication factors of your users. You can modify authentication-related policies in AccessAdmin.
Managing AccessProfiles in AccessAssistant
As an Administrator, you can create and edit AccessProfiles for applications. If you do not have AccessStudio, create and update AccessProfiles in AccessAssistant. After which, synchronize the data with the IMS Server.
Report administration
The IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On solution supports the IBM Cognos® reporting framework for report generation.
Audit log events
IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On generates event logs at all end-points.
Accessing the IMS Configuration Utility
When you install the IMS Server, it deploys an application that contains an IMS Configuration Utility. The IMS Configuration Utility is a web-based interface for configuring the different IMS Server settings.
Updating policies in an upgraded IMS Server
If you are upgrading to IMS Server version 8.2.1, make sure that the updated policies are shown in AccessAdmin. For more information about the policies, see the IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On Policies Definition Guide.

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