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Table of Contents

Policy Manager

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Intellex Management Suite View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Icons

What the Icon Images Mean and Their Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Working with Policies through Global Site Policies

Managing Intellex Advanced Security through Security Settings

Securable Items of Intellex Units Running in Advanced Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . .9

Instrument Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Adding an Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Deleting an Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Binding an Instrument to a Different Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Editing Security Settings of an Intellex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Adding or Removing Users or User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Propagating (Copying) Security Settings from one Intellex to Another. . . . . . . . .15

Working with Zones

Security Zones Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

The Unassigned Instruments Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Creating a New Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Deleting a Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

The Single Zone View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

The Single Zone Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Moving an Intellex Unit to a Security Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Replacing an Intellex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Working with the License Manager

Network Client Corporate License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Working with the Event Viewer

Adding the Event Viewer Snap-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

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Appendix A: Security Concepts for Policy Manager 29

Basic Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Who are you and, are you who you say you are? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

The Windows session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Site policies and permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

What do you want to access? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

What do you intend to do with it once you have it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Security descriptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Users, groups and inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Three forms of access permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Implicit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Explicit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Explicit denial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions 35

What is propagation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

What is inheritance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

What happens when I propagate to a single instrument or a group of

instruments? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

What are default instruments? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

What is the difference between an active and inactive instrument? . . . . . . . . . . .36

Appendix C: Securable Features List 37

Policy Manager

Intellex® Policy Manager (PM) v1.30 is a software product that is installed on a server computer. It

resides on the same network as the Intellex units, Network Client workstations, and/or other API-

based remote applications and provides advanced security for the video network. By implementing

the advanced security, customers can:

• Experience a higher and tighter level of security regarding access to, and usage of, Intellex

resources and functions.

• Take advantage of a Microsoft security level for their video information.

• Centrally administer security control over multiple Intellex units.

Policy Manager for Intellex

Archive Manager

Computer Server is supplied by

end user

Network Client

and Admin

Client

Network Client

3rd Party Software

using Intellex API

3rd Party Software

using Intellex API

3rd Party Software

using Intellex API

Primary Domain Controller

(supplied by the end user)

Primary Domain Controller

(supplied by the end user)

Corporate Network (LAN, WAN, VPN)

Intellex DV units

Intellex RMS units

NAS units

Policy Manager

2 Intellex® Policy Manager

Features

• The administration client for Policy Manager integrates into the Microsoft Management Console

(MMC), so that administering Intellex security is the same as administering other network

applications.

• In addition to providing more granularity in independently securing Intellex features and

functions, Policy Manager integrates into Microsoft Windows security. This facilitates customers

learning how to navigate through the GUI and administer security, as well as add Intellex groups

and users groups, because Policy Manager inherits as much of the GUI as possible.

Consequently, Policy Manager is positioned to offer advanced security for Intellex.

• Using Policy Manager, IT administrators are able to integrate Intellex video systems into their

existing network, without having to compromise any network security policies that they have set

up. Policy Manager integrates into the MS Windows console and inherits the security protocols

that the organization is already using. As a result, IT managers do not need to introduce new

networking protocols just for video. Even if organizations continue to run video on a private LAN

that is separate from their corporate LAN/WAN, Policy Manager’s advanced security eliminates

the IT administrator’s concern regarding breach of security in the corporate network via the

remote traffic for video network that runs over the shared IT systems (firewalls, routers, etc.).

• Policy Manager allows the security administrator to administer both local and remote access

centrally to multiple Intellex units.

• Security administrators can assign different access levels to different users of Intellex functions

and resources, beyond what the classic security scheme is capable of providing.

• Policy Manager provides resource management and fault detection for networked Intellex units.

The server detects when units become available or unavailable and makes appropriate entries

into the system log.

• You can monitor status and error reporting via the system event logs. Policy Manager creates

and maintains its own event log that is integrated into the existing event log mechanism provided

by the operating system. All administration access as well as instrument availability is logged. In

addition, access violations are detected and published to the event log. Use Microsoft’s Event

Viewer to view the logs either locally or remotely.

Note

The images in this manual apply to a Windows 2000 application. Your screen may look different.

Policy Manager

User’s Guide 3

Intellex Management Suite View

The directory tree consists of 4 main views:

Resources This view shows the group of all instruments of all

types and statuses.

Intellex Policy Manager This view is the tool for managing advanced

security.

Intellex Archive Manager This view is the tool for archiving and retrieving data

from network attached storage. Archive Manager is

available only if this icon is present.

License Manager

This view allows you to monitor and update current

license information.

Policy Manager

4 Intellex® Policy Manager

Icons

Policy Manager Icons and Views

Image View

This icon represents the Intellex Management Suite.

This icon represents Resources.

This icon represents the Policy Manager program.

This icon represents the policies that PM applies globally to every

instrument and user at your site.

This icon represents the security settings that you can selectively apply

to instruments, users, and zones at your site.

This icon represents all the secured Intellex instruments in your system.

This icon represents a single Intellex instrument that is operational

under advanced security.

This icon represents a secured Intellex instrument (in advanced security

mode) that is not operational.

This icon represents an unsecured resource (not in advanced security

mode) that is operational.

This icon represents an unsecured Intellex (not in advanced security

mode) that is not operational.

This icon represents security zones that allow you to organize Intellex

instruments into separately managed security units.

This icon represents a single security zone, which comprises a group of

instruments that share common security settings.

Icons

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Note

Windows provides optional views of objects. The views are large icon, small icon, list, or details.

This icon represents the license of a specific module, such as Policy

Manager or Archive Manager.

This icon represents a license management group.

Image View

Working with Policies through Global Site

Policies

Global Site Policies

The Global Site Policies node in Policy Manager provides the policies that the security system

applies to the site on a global basis. The figure below shows how the information is displayed in

the right-hand pane when you select Global Site Policies.

1 Select Global Site Policies to display a right-hand view pane. The pane is divided into two

columns, the policies on the left and their properties on the right.

2 Edit the site policy properties directly in the right-hand column

Working with Policies through Global Site Policies

8 Intellex® Policy Manager

Action Description

Select box in column to

right of Allow multiple

concurrent administration

sessions.

Brings up a Yes /No selection box. Select Yes to authorize more than one

administrator at a time to access and control this site. Select No to

authorize only one administrative session to access and control this site.

The default is Yes.

Select box in column to

right of Maximum Logon

Attempts.

Displays a numeric value with a set minimum and maximum. Insert the

number of consecutive logon attempts before a user is locked out of the

system for an extended period of time. A prompt notifies you if values are

out of range.

The default is 3.

Select box in column to

right of Lockout Duration.

Displays a numeric value in minutes with a set minimum and maximum.

Insert the number of minutes a user must wait before trying to log onto the

system, once the maximum number of failed logons has been reached. A

prompt notifies you if values are out of range.

The system will not accept a value of less than one minute. There is no

limit to the maximum duration.

The default is fifteen minutes.

Select box in column to

right of Instrument Polling

Interval.

Displays a numeric value in minutes with a set minimum and maximum.

Instrument polling interval is the time, in minutes, between consecutive

active instrument querying. Instruments are polled on a regular basis to

ensure that they are still active and available for use. Insert the number of

minutes between sending instrument polling messages. A prompt notifies

you if values are out of range.

The system will not accept a value of less than one minute. There is no

limit to the maximum interval. Experience shows that a polling interval of

five minutes (the default) is sufficient.

Note: Shorter intervals result in more network traffic, which can slow

response times.

Managing Intellex Advanced Security through

Security Settings

Securable Items of Intellex Units Running in Advanced Security

Mode

The figure below presents the All Secured Instruments module in Policy Manager, which shows all

the instruments currently registered with the Policy Manager site, regardless of their respective

zone assignments. The tree view on the left shows all the instruments. Selecting a specific

instrument displays the security environment for that instrument in the right-hand pane.

Appendix C has a complete list of securable features for Intellex version 4.2. The right-hand pane

is divided into two columns. The first column shows properties of the securable items for an

Intellex unit. The second column shows the users/groups who are assigned to each securable

item. The bottom section of the right-hand pane gives a more detailed explanation of the item you

select

Managing Intellex Advanced Security through Security Settings

10 Intellex® Policy Manager

At startup, each Intellex (instrument) notifies Policy Manager that it is available for use. If the

server does not recognize the instrument, it rejects the call. If so, the Intellex unit performs an

initial registration with the server. If the registration succeeds, Policy Manager adds the Intellex

unit to its internal database. In addition, the instrument is added to the All Secured Instruments

container and to the Unassigned Instruments zone. At the end of the registration process, the

security settings for the default site instrument are applied to the new instrument. If the instrument

has been successfully registered with PM, a notification message is sent to all administration

consoles currently active, and an entry is written to the PM event log.

Note

If the list of users and groups is only partially visible, position the mouse over the list for one item,

and a help window appears displaying the entire contents of that list.

Instrument Menu

Select Action from the main menu, or right-click on a specific Intellex in the tree to display the instrument

menu, as presented below.

Adding an Instrument

When the administrator installs Intellex units on the domain and configures them for advanced

security, they automatically register themselves with the Policy Manager site based on the

information the administrator provides. Intellex units cannot be added manually.

Action Description

Select an underlined item

in the property page.

Brings up the security editor to edit the specific securable object.

Click in the +/- icon Expands / collapses the list of properties.

Instrument supports the following actions

Propagate

Settings…

Applies security properties from one Intellex to one or more other Intellex units.

Selecting this item displays the Propagate Settings dialog box for assigning

Intellex units.

Set

Description…

Changes the description of an existing zone.

Selecting this item displays the Set Description dialog box for defining the

description of a zone.

Assign to

Zone…

Adds an Intellex to an Intellex Group. This option is available only for real

instruments, not for Default instruments.

Selecting this item displays the Assign Instrument dialog box.

Cut Makes the paste action accessible. This action is available only for real

Instruments.

Selecting this item grays out the instrument icon and makes it available for

pasting into an Instrument Zone.

Delete Deletes this instrument.

The Delete item is available only if an instrument is currently listed as

unavailable. Deleting an instrument removes it from Policy Manager’s list of

registered instruments.

Managing Intellex Advanced Security through Security Settings

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Deleting an Instrument

Note

You can delete only inactive instruments.

1 Open the Policy Manager administration client, and right-click on the instrument that you want

to delete.

2 Select Delete and then OK. This removes the instrument from the site, as well as the zone (if

any) it was assigned to.

Binding an Instrument to a Different Site

In certain cases, you may have to bind an instrument to another site, for example:

• You have established a new site to control instruments that were assigned to a different site.

• You have moved an instrument from one physical location to another and need to bind it to a

different site.

Note

You must have administrative privileges on the instrument you want to bind.

1 If the Intellex.exe application is running on the instrument, exit the application to the desktop.

2 Open the component services MMC found in Control Panel \ Administrative Tools \ Component

Services.

3 In Component Services, navigate to the PolicyManagerRemoteServices application, right-click,

and select Properties. The properties dialog for the application displays.

4 Navigate to the Activation page.

5 Select the Remote server name: field, and type in the name of the server for the new site.

6 Click OK.

7 Open the Policy Manager administration client for the old site and delete the instrument (see

Deleting an Instrument.)

8 Restart the Intellex.exe application on the instrument. This causes the instrument to re-register

with the new site. Remember that during registration, the instrument receives a copy of the

security settings for the default site instrument in the new site.

9 Open the Policy Manager administration client for the new site and make any adjustments to

the instrument (assign it to a zone, change the security environment, etc.).

Managing Intellex Advanced Security through Security Settings

12 Intellex® Policy Manager

Editing Security Settings of an Intellex

To edit the security for any of the securable items in the right-hand list, position the mouse over the

item (the cursor becomes a pointer), and click. The Windows Access Control Editor appears. If you

selected a container object (the objects in the list that have a small box before the name), like Multi

Media Data or Administration, a generic editor appears, such as the one below.

Adding users or user groups to a container is a quick way for an administrator to establish a

generic security environment for an instrument. This is because users and groups added at the

container level are inherited to all features in that container. For example, if you add a user named

JSmith to the Multi Media Data container and grant him full access, JSmith will be able to see

everything, regardless of whether he is sitting directly at the instrument (local access) or accessing

the data remotely via Network Client or the API.

When a user or user group is added to a container and then inherited to that container’s child

objects (Multi Media Data to Live Video for instance), permissions are granted on the child object

as follows:

The permissions you can grant there are

Access Locally You grant the user or group permission to access the instrument only at the unit

itself. This means that all remote access via the API or Network Client is

explicitly not allowed (see Security Concepts for Policy Manager on page 29

below for more information concerning access types).

Access

Remotely

You grant the user or group permission to access the instrument only via remote

applications (either third party applications using the API or Network Client).

Full Access You grant the user or group permission to access the instrument both remotely

and locally. In addition, choosing Full Access automatically grants all specific

permissions to all features or feature groups in that container and all containers

or objects directly below that container (see

Users, groups and inheritance on

page 32).

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User’s Guide 13

• If you did not select the Full Access option, specific default permissions are granted. These

differ from object to object. The table in the section Securable Features List provides an

overview of the current default settings for the various security objects.

• If you selected the Full Access option, all the specific permissions for each child object are

granted.

• If you selected a specific feature, such as Live Video, an editor appears that contains the

specific items valid for that feature. All users and groups added to the feature are valid only

for that feature.

The main advantage of applying settings to containers, as opposed to specific features, is that with

one entry, you can set access permissions for an entire list of items or for the whole Intellex.

Adding or Removing Users or User Groups

Once the access control editor is visible, you can start to grant or deny access to users or groups.

These users and groups are the same ones already defined for your corporate network.

1 To add a user or group, click the Add… button, and the Select Users or Groups dialog appears.

The drop-down list to the right of Look in: allows you to navigate to any domain recognized by

your corporate enterprise. You can then select a user or user group to add.

2 Select the group and click Add and then OK.

In the example below, if you want to deny access to cameras 1 and 2, you can do so in one of

two ways:

3 Uncheck the boxes to the right of cameras 1 and 2 in the Allow column, as presented below, to

indicate that you have not given the group EXPLICIT access to those cameras.

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4 Alternately, you can check the boxes to the right of cameras 1 and 2 in the Deny column to

explicitly deny access to those cameras, as presented below.

Note

Simply unchecking the boxes in the Allow column may not actually keep an individual or group

from viewing live video on those cameras. This is because an individual (or a group) may have

inherited permission to view video from those cameras via some other group. To be completely

sure an individual or group is denied access (permission) to a feature, you must check the box in

the Deny column.

If you are removing a user or user group that you previously added, note the following:

• If the user or user group you added is listed as inherited, which means that the user or user

group was added at a level higher than the current object, you will be denied.

• If the user or user group you added is not listed as inherited, you can remove it.

Note

If you remove a user or group that has been inherited, it is removed not only from the current

object, but also from all child objects that are directly below it. For example, if you added a user

named JSmith to Multi Media Data and then removed him, he is also removed from Live Video,

Recorded Video, etc. all the way down to the last child item, Recorded Audio.

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