Visma.net ERP
Security preferences (SM201060)
This topic gives you information about the elements that you find in this window in Visma.net ERP, such as fields, field values, buttons, and check boxes.
You use this window to define security settings for your organisation, such as the system password and the lockout policies for the user accounts, encryption certificates, and audit settings.
The top part
You use this area to set the password policy, account lockout policy, PDF encryption certificate, and audit settings.
Password policy section
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Force user to change password every x days |
A check box that you select to require periodic password changes;
if you select the check box, type the number of days (as an integer)
that should pass before a user is prompted to change the password in
the corresponding field. By default, this check box is cleared. |
| Minimum password length x characters |
A check box that you select to enforce a minimum password length;
if you select the check box, type in the corresponding box the
minimum password length (as an integer) needed for user passwords.
Clear the check box to not require a minimum password length. By default, the check box is selected and the minimum length is 8 characters. |
| Password must meet complexity requirements |
A check box that you select if each user password must have at
least three of the following functionalities: lower-case letters, upper-case
letters, special symbols, and digits. Clear the check box to allow the password to be any ASCII string between the minimum password length and 10 characters. Blank passwords are prohibited. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Additional password validation mask |
A regular expression that you can enter to enforce the company password policies. |
| Incorrect password alert |
The message that the user receives if the password does not match the additional validation mask or regular expression (if any was set in the above box). |
Account lockout policy section
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Lock account after x unsuccessful login attempts |
The number of unsuccessful login attempts that will cause the account to be locked out. The default value of this field is 3. |
| Lock account for x minutes |
The number of minutes an account should be locked out after the defined number of unsuccessful attempts to sign in. The default value of this field is 15. |
| Reset lockout counter after x minutes |
The number of minutes after the last login attempt must pass before the system resets the lockout counter. The default value of this field is 10. |
Encryption certificates section
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| DB encryption Certificate | A read-only info field that displays the certificate used to encrypt data stored in the database. |
| PDF signing certificate |
The default certificate to be used for signing PDF files. If a user has his or her own certificate, PDF files created by the user will instead be signed with the user certificate. |
Audit section
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Keep audit history for x months |
An integer that represents the number of months the system should keep the audit history of user operations. The default value of the box is 999. |
| Login |
A check box you select to audit each successful login. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Login failed |
A check box you select to audit each failed login. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Logout |
A check box you select to audit each logout. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Screen accessed |
A check box you select to audit each window accessed by users. The event is logged only once for each window during a user session (when the user first opens the window). By default, this check box is selected. |
| Session expired |
A check box you select to audit each instance of an expired session. By default, this check box is selected. |
| License exceeded |
A check box you select to audit each instance of the number of allowed concurrent users being exceeded. By default, this check box is cleared. |
| Send email success |
A check box you select to audit each successful instance of a user sending an email through Visma.net ERP. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Send email error |
A check box you select to audit each failed instance of a user sending an email through Visma.net ERP. By default, this check box is selected. |
| Customisation published |
A check box you select to audit each instance of publishing a customisation on any window. By default, this check box is cleared. |
