Deactivating unused roles (Basic) - To reduce your surface of attack with a defense-in-depth strategy, you can disable unused roles. Some roles are activated by default and not all users might need them. Other roles might be left activated after a configuration change even if they aren’t used anymore. - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Hardening Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
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en-US
Last updated
2024-12-17

To reduce your surface of attack with a defense-in-depth strategy, you can disable unused roles. Some roles are activated by default and not all users might need them. Other roles might be left activated after a configuration change even if they aren’t used anymore.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the System task, and click the Roles view.
  2. Right-click the role, then click Maintenance > Deactivate role.
  3. Click Continue.