For Security Checkpoints in IFS Aurena there are three global settings.
Note: These global settings only affect IFS Aurena. Security Checkpoints settings for Enterprise Explorer are to be configured in Enterprise Explorer and only affect that client.
This is the global setting that enables or disables Security Checkpoints for IFS Aurena.
Security Checkpoints in IFS Aurena can coexist with Security Checkpoints for Enterprise Explorer, also called Legacy Checkpoints. Read more about Legacy Checkpoints here.
All Users Valid controls which Users are allowed to pass a Security Checkpoint in IFS Aurena.
This concept provides the functionality of controlling if it is only the logged-in User or not, that can pass a Security Checkpoint in IFS Aurena with its credentials.
When All Users Valid are enabled, all Users in IFS Applications are allowed to pass a Security Checkpoint in IFS Aurena, even though they are not the currently logged in User.
If the User has permissions to perform the Action and their credentials are correct, the transaction will be executed.
User A and User B are Users in IFS Applications.
User A is currently logged in into IFS Aurena. User A asks User B to verify some record details before performing the transaction. User B analyzes the record details at User A's workstation and decides that information is correct. User B performs the action to execute the transaction at User A's workstation and a Security Checkpoint is encountered. User B enters his or her credentials. The Security Checkpoints mechanisms verify User B's credentials and check if the users have the permissions to perform the action. If yes, then the transaction is executed.
Only the currently logged in User is allowed the pass Security Checkpoints in IFS Aurena.
When encountering a Security Checkpoints in IFS Aurena, the User's credentials are checked to find if they are the currently logged in User. If the User trying to pass the Security Checkpoint is not the logged-in User, then the Security Checkpoint verification will fail and the transaction will be aborted.
Comments Required can be enabled or disabled.
When enabled, the User is required to provide a comment in addition to the User credentials when passing a Security Checkpoint in IFS Aurena.
This setting controls the verification type to be used for the Security Checkpoint User verification in IFS Aurena. The verification type can be changed between;
Different credential verifications are used based on the verification type. This is dependent on the authentication method used in the installation.
Read more about verification types here.