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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 The compilation of best skillset to harness Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Administrators, Consultants, and Developers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464309
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rabindra Sah Rabindra Sah
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Preface 1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016 3. The C/AL and VB Programming 4. Testing and Debugging 5. Design and Development Considerations 6. Version Control and Code Management 7. Tuning Up the NAV System 8. Security in Dynamics NAV 2016 9. Upgrade and Migration 10. Interfacing NAV with Other Applications 11. Extending Dynamics NAV 2016 12. The Future of NAV

Security policy


A security policy is a statement that partitions the states of a system into a set of authorized and a set of unauthorized states, that is, the state of secure states or non-secure states.

Let us take an example of three states during the permission granting process for posting a document inside the Microsoft Dynamics NAV system, where state 1 (S1) and state 2 (S2) are secure states, whereas state 3 (S3) is an unsecure state. This is depicted in the following diagram:

Secure and non-secure state example in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

In Microsoft Dynamics NAV, let us assume a condition where, for a posting process, a process requires permission to write data to a particular table. In this particular instance, NAV uses the setup table design pattern, where it first reads the data field in the permission table, which is based on the security policy. From the permission table, the system grants permission, and then the process completes the posting process. So here, the system refers...

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