Security; Configuring Security Profiles - Polycom RealPresence Group 550 Administrator's Manual

Security

To configure your RealPresence Group system using the system web interface, you can use Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 9 or 10 or Mozilla Firefox 22 on a Windows computer, or Apple Safari 6.0.5 on a
Mac computer using OS X. Configure your browser to allow cookies.
To go to the web interface:
» Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the RealPresence Group system using the
https://IPaddress (for example, https://10.11.12.13).
For more information about using the web interface, refer to
The HTTPS protocol ensures that the configuration of all login information (such as user names and
passwords) is transmitted using an encrypted channel, including those user names and passwords
used to communicate with third-party systems on your network. Using HTTPS severely limits the
ability of anyone on the network to discover these credentials. For this reason, all attempts to use the
RealPresence Group Series web interface via HTTP are redirected to the HTTPS interface.
You can find security options and passwords in this part of the interface:
● In the local interface, go to Settings > Administration > Security.
The local interface has general, password, and remote access settings.
● In the web interface, go to Admin Settings > Security.
The web interface has global and local settings.
Settings are under different sections of the security interfaces. Not all systems show all of the options, and
many settings in the web interface are unavailable in the local interface.

Configuring Security Profiles

RealPresence Group system security profiles provide varying levels of secure access to your RealPresence
Group system. The security profile your RealPresence Group system uses provides the basis for secure
access within the system and determines how users can operate the system.
The security profile is selected during system setup with the setup wizard, but this setting is configurable
through the web interface's Admin Settings. The default values and ability to change some RealPresence
Group settings are affected by which security profile your system uses. Refer to the tables in
Tables on page 186 to see how these settings are affected for each security profile.
Consider each security profile as a set of default values for all configuration settings that affect product
security that achieves some level of base product security. You can choose from four profiles—Maximum,
High, Medium and Low. Each profile provides a basic security posture, ranging from the most secure to the
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