Defining Credentials

The Define Credential dialog can be accessed anywhere a credential is used within the Security Controls interface (for example, from a machine group, from the Credentials Manager, etc.). It is used to specify a new user name and password pair that collectively define one credential. The credential is protected with RSA 2048/AES 256 encryption. Security Controls abides by NIST cryptography guidelines and always uses FIPS 140-2 certified cryptographic modules.

Only the administrator that creates the credential will be able to decrypt the credential and access it from within the program. You can, however, elect to share the credential, in which case it will be made available to the specified users and/or to Security Controls service components.

Credentials may be automatically defined for you during a product upgrade or when importing a machine group. Any credentials that are found during these processes are preserved and will be assigned friendly names according to their usage. The term Discovery filter is the friendly name assigned by the program to a machine group credential that it identifies during an upgrade or import process. Feel free to change the name to something that more closely reflects the usage of the credential in your organization.

If you want the credential to be shared with other users and/or with background services, see Shared Credentials.

Field	Description
Name this credential so it can be used elsewhere	Provide a friendly name for this credential that describes exactly where it should be used.
User name	Type a user name that has access to the machine(s). When specifying the user name: If you need to specify a domain as part of the credentials be sure to include the domain name as part of the user name. For example, if you enter User@<Domain>, <Domain>\User, or a fully qualified user name, Security Controls will use the domain account rights. If you enter <Target Machine>\User, Security Controls will use the target's local account rights. If you do not include a domain or machine as part of the user name, the name will be qualified to the target machine (<targetmachinename>\User). Microsoft Windows .alias name formats (for example: '.\username') are supported by Security Controls.
Password	Type the password for the user.
Verify password	Retype the password to verify you specified it correctly.