Chapter 4. Implementing Membership and Security
In this chapter you will understand the concepts and the underlying framework behind the Alfresco security model and membership system. The Alfresco security model is flexible and allows you to choose either a built-in security or an external security model defined by your organization via systems such as LDAP and Active Directory. You will understand various security models and learn to choose the one that is most suited to your enterprise's requirements. Alfresco membership system is highly scalable and can cater to hundreds and thousands of users and content managers.
By the end of this chapter you would have learned how to:
- Create, update, and delete users
- Group users, based on the activities they perform
- Search and locate users and groups
- Extend the security policy
- Secure spaces and individual content as per your organizational security requirements
- Choose a suitable security model
- Migrate existing users and groups to Alfresco
