2.9 Security

This section documents system-wide security issues that are not otherwise described in the specifications for the WM protocols. It does not duplicate what is already in these specifications unless there is some unique aspect that applies to the system as a whole.

The WM protocols provide access to a common set of data through three different protocols, which access the data over a remote network connection. Therefore, there are three main aspects of security in the system: the security configuration for each individual protocol, the security of the data as it is sent over a network, and the security of the CIM data itself.

The following diagram shows the logical points at which the various security configurations are applied.

Figure 8: Security configuration settings