There are two factors that control access to a resource in Oracle WebCenter Ensemble: authentication and policies.

Oracle WebCenter Ensemble manages authentication with each proxied application based on the settings defined for the associated resource.

You can define the credential mappings for each resource. For details on configuring credential mappings, see the Oracle WebCenter Ensemble Administrator Guide and the online help. You can create custom mappings to external credential stores. For details, see Creating a Custom Credential Mapping.

Each resource is protected by a policy set, which describes the conditions under which a user may be granted access to the resource, and the roles associated with those conditions. For details on using roles, see Using Oracle WebCenter Ensemble Roles in Pagelets and Proxied Applications.