Managing Accounts Parent topic

Delegate tasks to different security and network administrators to reduce bottlenecks in TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection for Email administration. The default administrator account (admin) has full access to TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection for Email.
Note
Note
An account with the administrator role can add new administrator accounts.

Account Role Classifications Parent topic

Role
Description
Administrator
Users have complete access to the features and settings contained in the menu items.
  • Dashboard
  • Detections
  • Policy
  • Alerts / Reports
  • Logs
  • Administration
  • Help
Investigator
Users can view certain features and settings contained in the menu items, but cannot make any administrative modifications.
  • Dashboard
  • Detections
  • Alerts / Reports → Reports → Generated Reports
  • Alerts / Reports → Alerts → Triggered Alerts
  • Logs
  • Help
Operator
Users can view certain features and settings contained in the menu items, but cannot make any administrative modifications.
  • Dashboard
  • Detections (no access to message body)
  • Alerts / Reports → Reports → Generated Reports
  • Alerts / Reports → Alerts → Triggered Alerts
  • Logs
  • Help

Adding a Local User Account Parent topic

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → Accounts / Contacts → Accounts.
  2. Click Add.
    The Add Account screen appears.
  3. Toggle the Status of this account.
  4. Select Local user from the Type drop-down list.
  5. Specify the account user name and password.
  6. Select a Role for this account. The role determines the level of access this account has.
    See Account Role Classifications.
  7. Click Save.
    The new account is added to the Accounts list.

Adding an Active Directory User Account or Group Parent topic

Note
Note
Microsoft Active Directory Integration has to be configured before an Active Directory user account or group can be added.
For details, see Microsoft Active Directory.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → Accounts / Contacts → Accounts.
  2. Click Add.
    The Add Account screen appears.
  3. Toggle the Status of this account.
  4. Select Active Directory user or group as the Type of this account.
  5. Type a user or group name and click Search to search the Active Directory for matching user accounts or groups.
    Matching user accounts and groups are displayed in the results table.
    Note
    Note
    User accounts are not displayed in the results table if:
    • The user account's User Principle Name (UPN) is not specified on the Active Directory server
    • The user account is disabled on the Active Directory server
  6. Select the Active Directory user account or group to add.
  7. Select a Role for this account. The role determines the level of access this account has.
    See Account Role Classifications.
  8. Click Save.
    The new account is added to the Accounts list.

Editing Accounts Parent topic

Change account permissions to adjust settings for a role revision or other organizational changes.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → Accounts / Contacts → Accounts.
  2. Click the account name hyperlink.
  3. Make the required changes.
  4. Click Save.

Deleting Accounts Parent topic

Delete accounts to adjust settings for a role revision or other organizational changes.
Note
Note
You can only delete custom accounts. You cannot delete the default TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection for Email administrator account.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → Accounts / Contacts → Accounts.
  2. Select the account to remove.
  3. Click icon_delete.jpg Delete.
  4. At the confirmation message, click OK.