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* Creation of ChangeLog
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-15"?>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<chapter>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<sect1>
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<title>Pandora Administration</title>
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<para>The web console is the tool used to administrate Pandora.
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It is written in PHP and doesn't need any third party software
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to work –neither FLASH, JAVA, nor ActiveX plug-ins.
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The Web console can be run over any web browser supporting HTML and
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CSS (IE5+ or Mozilla 4+).</para>
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<para>
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The web console is the tool used to administrate
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Pandora. It is written in PHP and doesn't need any
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third party software to work, neither FLASH, JAVA,
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nor ActiveX plug-ins. The Web console can be run
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over any web browser supporting HTML and CSS (IE5+
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or Mozilla 4+).
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</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image001.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>Pandora administration is divided in the following main elements:</para>
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<para>
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Pandora administration is divided in the following
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main elements:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Pandora users</para>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-15"?>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<chapter>
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<title>Users</title>
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<para>The definition of a user is based on the user's
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daily activity. One or more profiles can be assigned to a single user</para>
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<para>A profile is a list of actions a user can or
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cannot perform on a given group, e.g. "view incidents",
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"database management", etc
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</para>
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<para>Each user is given a number of groups of agents
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he/she has permission to access, as well as the administrative profile
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he/she will have in each group. Each user can belong to one or more
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groups, with an assigned profile for each of them.</para>
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<para>Agent belongs to a group and only one, sharing
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the group with agents of similar characteristics. Groups also contain
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incidents.</para>
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<para>Summarizing: User profiles in Pandora define which users can access
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Pandora as well as what each user can do. Groups define elements in common
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among various users. Each user could be in one or more groups at any one
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time. Each group has user profiles which are defined and attached to it.
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A profile is a list of things a user can do, such as view incidents,
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manage database or other.</para>
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<sect1>
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<title>Profile manager</title>
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<para>Pandora's profile manager is used to assign specific profiles
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to each user. A hierarchy of users is so created, structured by the
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user's profile within the company. With this system different security
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levels can be implemented: read-only users, agent group coordinators
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or system administrators.</para>
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<para>A profile is created from the Profile Manager tool in the
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Administration menu. There are five predefined profiles:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Operator (Read)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Operator (Write)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Chief Operator</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Group coordinator</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Pandora Administrator</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>To create a new profile click on "Manage Profiles">
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"Create Profile" in the Administration Menu</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image002.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>Any of the following roles can be assigned to a new profile:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>View incidents (IR)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit incidents (IW)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage incidents (IM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>View agents (AR). To view agents as well as the events
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generated by them</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit agents (AW). To modify then agent's modules</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit alerts (LW). To modify the alerts assigned to an agent</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage users (UM). To modify users and their roles</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage DB (DM). To modify the configuration and data
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of the database (Global)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage alerts (LM). To define new alerts (Global)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage Pandora (PM). To modify general system settings</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Adding a user</title>
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<para>A user is added clicking on "Manage Users">"Create user"
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in the Administration Menu</para>
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<para>To create a new user it is necessary to, at
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least, fill in the user ID, the password (twice) and Pandora's global profile.</para>
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<para>A global profile for a user maybe Administrator or Standard User.</para>
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<para>A user with an "Administrator" profile will have the highest
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security privileges in Pandora.</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image003.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>Profiles must be assigned for each of the groups a new
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"standard" profile user can access, once the user is created
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and his configuration updated.</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image004.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>A user profile is deleted by clicking on the delete icon
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<graphic fileref="../../images/cancel.gif"/> on the right hand side
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of the profile.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Deleting a user</title>
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<para>A user is deleted by clicking on the delete icon
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<graphic fileref="../../images/cancel.gif"/> on the right hand
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side of the user. The list of users is accessed through the
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"Manage Users" option in the Administration menu.</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image005.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Statistics</title>
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<para>The user activity statistics show a graph with the activity
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of the user, being the number of events the audit has generated
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for each user. The number of events of
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a user usually reflects the user's activity.</para>
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<para>Click on "View Users">"Statistics" in the Operation menu to show
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this graph:</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image006.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Messages to users</title>
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<para>To create a new message to other user, go to "Messages" section
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in the Operation menu. You can also read the received messages,
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but the sent messages are not stored.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Messages to groups</title>
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<para>From "Messages">"Messages to groups" section in the
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Operation menu you can send messages to groups of users.
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The sent messages will not be stores.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<title>Users</title>
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<para>
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The definition of a user is based on the user's daily
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activity. One or more profiles can be assigned to a single
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user
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</para>
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<para>
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A profile is a list of actions a user can or cannot perform
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on a given group, e.g. "view incidents", "database
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management", etc
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</para>
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<para>
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Each user is given a number of groups of agents he/she has
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permission to access, as well as the administrative profile
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he/she will have in each group. Each user can belong to one
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or more groups, with an assigned profile for each of
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them.
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</para>
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<para>
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Agent belongs to a group and only one, sharing the group
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with agents of similar characteristics. Groups also contain
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incidents.
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</para>
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<para>
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Summarizing: User profiles in Pandora define which users can
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access Pandora as well as what each user can do. Groups
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define elements in common among various users. Each user
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could be in one or more groups at any one time. Each group
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has user profiles which are defined and attached to it. A
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profile is a list of things a user can do, such as view
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incidents, manage database or other.
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</para>
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<sect1>
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<title>Profile manager</title>
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<para>
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Pandora's profile manager is used to assign specific
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profiles to each user. A hierarchy of users is so created,
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structured by the user's profile within the company. With
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this system different security levels can be implemented:
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read-only users, agent group coordinators or system
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administrators.
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</para>
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<para>
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A profile is created from the Profile Manager tool in the
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Administration menu. There are five predefined
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profiles:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Operator (Read)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Operator (Write)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Chief Operator</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Group coordinator</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Pandora Administrator</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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To create a new profile click on "Manage Profiles" ->
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"Create Profile" in the Administration Menu
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</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image002.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>
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Any of the following roles can be assigned to a new profile:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>View incidents (IR)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit incidents (IW)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage incidents (IM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>View agents (AR). To view agents as well as the events
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generated by them</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit agents (AW). To modify then agent's modules</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Edit alerts (LW). To modify the alerts assigned to an agent</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage users (UM). To modify users and their roles</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage DB (DM). To modify the configuration and data
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of the database (Global)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage alerts (LM). To define new alerts (Global)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manage Pandora (PM). To modify general system settings</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Adding a user</title>
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<para>
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A user is added clicking on "Manage Users">"Create user"
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in the Administration Menu
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</para>
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<para>
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To create a new user it is necessary to, at least, fill in
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the user ID, the password (twice) and Pandora's global
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profile.
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</para>
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<para>
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A global profile for a user maybe Administrator or
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Standard User.
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</para>
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<para>
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A user with an "Administrator" profile will have the
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highest security privileges in Pandora.
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</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image003.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>
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Profiles must be assigned for each of the groups a new
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"standard" profile user can access, once the user is
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created and his configuration updated.
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</para>
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<graphic fileref="images/image004.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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<para>
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A user profile is deleted by clicking on the delete icon
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<graphic fileref="../../images/cancel.gif"/> on the right
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hand side of the profile.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Deleting a user</title>
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<para>
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A user is deleted by clicking on the delete icon <graphic
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fileref="../../images/cancel.gif"/> on the right hand side
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of the user. The list of users is accessed through the
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"Manage Users" option in the Administration menu.
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<graphic fileref="images/image005.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Statistics</title>
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<para>
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The user activity statistics show a graph with the
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activity of the user, being the number of events the audit
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has generated for each user. The number of events of a
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user usually reflects the user's activity.
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</para>
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<para>
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Click on "View Users" -> "Statistics" in the Operation
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menu to show this graph:
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<graphic fileref="images/image006.png" valign="bottom" align="center"/> </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Messages to users</title>
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<para>
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To create a new message to other user, go to "Messages"
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section in the Operation menu. You can also read the
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received messages, but the sent messages are not stored.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Messages to groups</title>
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<para>
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From "Messages" -> "Messages to groups" section in the
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Operation menu you can send messages to groups of users.
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The sent messages will not be stores.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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