Users are authenticated via an account and password at point of entry. Once logged on, authorization to applications and files is controlled by a combination of products including ACF2, Adabas Security, Natural Security and some home grown software. UMIS has a security administrator dedicated to managing authentication and authorization for the administrative mainframe using these tools. Multi-user UNIX host authentication. Other multi-user system authentication.
Most file servers support two-way encrypted passwords.
Folderbolt, FileGuard, IronClad, At Ease do some authentication and access control based on username and password.