IDOL 24.1

# Security Overview

OpenText provides the software infrastructure that automates operations on unstructured information. This software infrastructure is based on IDOL.

Document security protects the information that you index into the IDOL Content component.

Your organization is likely to store information in many repositories. Many of these repositories have security features that apply permissions to files, so that they only authorized personnel can view them. Document security ensures that when you index information into IDOL, IDOL continues to enforce these permissions. In response to a query, the IDOL Content component returns only documents that a user is permitted to view.

IDOL includes the following features to protect your data:

- User authentication. At the front end, users must log on before they can query IDOL. IDOL can authenticate users against an existing directory service, such as Microsoft Active Directory.

- Document security. Many data repositories have security features that apply permissions to files, so that only authorized users can view them. IDOL Document security maintains these access restrictions in your IDOL index, so that queries return only documents that the logged-in user has permission to view.

- Index Encryption. You can encrypt your IDOL text index on disk, to prevent unauthorized access. For more information about index encryption, refer to the IDOL Content Component Help.

- Secure communications. IDOL supports TLS/SSL for secure communications. IDOL also supports GSSAPI for authentication and secure communications.

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Version 24.1 | Last updated December 2023

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Product: IDOL 24.1

Topic Title: Security Overview