Understanding Content Level Security

The need for Content Level Security

For certain businesses, there is information that should not be shared or be editable between divisions. There are two key scenarios corresponding to different levels of access:

  • Completely confidential content: Content can be accessed only from some business units. Other units are not aware that the content exists.
  • Safety Reuse: A business unit can share content to other business units but only in read-only mode.

These scenarios are where Content Level Security (CLS), comes in, making it possible for users of IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management to set security levels of content in relation to groups within the IXIASOFT CCMS.

Important: CLS only works with content accessed via the IXIASOFT CCMS Web. All content, regardless of the security level that is set, can be accessed in IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.

Understanding security levels in CLS

CLS operates using a hierarchy of security levels, ranging from the most-permissive/open to the most-restrictive/closed. The content security levels, from most-permissive to most-restrictive are:

  1. Read-write: Content is viewable and editable
  2. Read-only: Content is viewable, but cannot be edited
  3. Invisible: Content is not visible

Security levels for content are set according to Groups that have already been defined within TEXTML by an Administrator. The details of this process can be found in the latest version of the Administration Guide for IXIASOFT CCMS.