User Hierarchy

There are three layers to consider when composing the concept of a User.

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Understanding the User Relationship

For this relationship to be understood, the following entities must be considered:

  1. Users

  2. Groups

  3. Policies


Users

Users are actors on the system and can be broken down by the components which give them the ability to use the system.

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Policies Applied to Users

🔢Each user will have one or more group(s) assigned.


Groups

Groups are a collection of policies for which users, devices, applications have the ability to do.

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Default Groups

Please see Default Groups to better understand:

  • what default groups are available?

  • what they were intended for?


Policies

Policies are the actual actions that can be performed on the system.

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Default Policies

Please see Default Policies to better understand:

  • what default policies are available?

  • what are they intended for?

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