User Roles

The following are the available roles:

  • Administrator — Has maximum privileges to do all operational as well as administrative tasks in the system, including creating new user accounts.

  • Read-Only — Can view data (asset inventory, events, network traffic), but cannot act in the system.

  • Security Analyst — Can view data in the system and resolve security events.

  • Security Manager — Can manage security-related capabilities, including configuring policies, viewing data in the system, and resolving events.

  • Site Operator — Can view data in the system and manage the asset inventory.

  • Supervisor — Has full privileges to do all operational tasks in the system and some limited administrative tasks excluding creating new users and other sensitive activities.

User Roles Table

The following table gives a detailed breakdown of precisely which permissions are enabled for each role.

Permission Admin (Local)

Admin (External/AD)

Supervisor

Security Manager

Security Analyst

Site Operator Read only
Events
View events
Resolve
Download capture file
Exclude from policy
Resolve all
Export
Create Policy on FortiGate
Refresh
Policies
View policies
Enable/Disable
View action
Edit
Duplicate
Delete
Create policy
Export
Assets
View assets
View action
Edit
Delete
Import (upload new assets by csv)
Hide
Export
Resync
Nessus scan
Take snapshot (single asset)
Update open ports (single asset)
Update port state (single asset)
View in browser (single asset)
View in main asset map (single asset)
Generate attack vector (single asset)
Vulnerabilities (Plugins)
View plugin hits
View action
Edit comment
Update plugin set
Export
Network
Turn on packet capture
Close ongoing captures
Download PCAP file
Export conversations table
Set as baseline
Generate map
Refresh map
Groups
View groups
View action
Edit
Duplicate
Delete
Create group
Export
Report
View reports
Generate
Download
Export
Network Segments
View Network Segments
Edit
Delete
Create
Export
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Local Settings
Queries
System Configuration – Device Details
System Configuration – Sensors (No Actions) (No Actions) (No Actions) (No Actions)
System Configuration – Port Configuration
System Configuration – Updates
System Configuration – Certificate (HTTPS)
System Configuration – API Keys (Only Local Users) (Only Local Users) (Only Local Users) (Only Local Users) (Only Local Users)
System Configuration – License
Environment Configuration – Asset Settings
Environment Configuration – Hidden Assets - no restore - no restore - no restore
Environment Configuration – Custom Fields
Environment Configuration -Event Clusters
Environment Configuration – PCAP Player
Users and Roles – User Settings
Users and Roles – Local Users
Users and Roles – User Groups
Users and Roles – Active Directory
Integrations
Servers (No Actions) (No Actions) (No Actions) (No Actions)
System Actions without factory reset only backup and diagnostics only diagnostics
System log no syslog
Enable (on setup and after disable)
Delete Assets