1. Securing HCM
  2. Overview of Applications Security Setup Tasks

Overview of Applications Security Setup Tasks

During implementation the TechAdmin user, who has the IT Security Manager job role, performs the tasks in the Initial Users functional area. This topic introduces some of these tasks. They're described in more detail in this chapter.

Manage Applications Security Preferences

This task opens the Administration tab of the Security Console.

On the General subtab of the Security Console Administration tab, you:

  • Specify for how long certificates remain valid by default. Certificates establish keys for the encryption and decryption of data that Oracle HCM Cloud exchanges with other applications.

  • Specify how often a warning appears to remind Security Console users to import latest user and role information.

On the Roles subtab of the Security Console Administration tab, you:

  • Specify default prefix and suffix values for copied roles.

  • Specify a limit to the number of nodes that can appear in graphical representations of roles on the Roles tab of the Security Console.

  • Specify whether hierarchies on the Roles tab appear in graphical or tabular format by default.

On the Bridge for Active Directory subtab of the Security Console Administration tab, you configure the bridge for Microsoft Active Directory.

On the User Categories tab of the Security Console, you:

  • Create user categories.

  • Add users to user categories.

  • Specify the default format of user names for the user category.

  • Manage the password policy for the user category.

  • Manage the notification of user and password events to users in a selected user category.

  • Create notification templates for a selected user category.

Import Users and Roles into Application Security

This task runs a process that initializes and maintains the Oracle Fusion Applications Security tables. You're recommended to schedule this process to run daily. You must also run this process after every release update.

Import User Login History

This task runs a process that imports the history of user access to Oracle Fusion Applications. This information is required by the Inactive Users Report.