Security Management System

Day 2 – Session 1 - 3
Security Management System
Dates
22/02/2011 Tech Support Program
Venue
Microcred, Senagal
 SMS in T24

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 SMS in T24

 SMS in T24 can restrict access to T24 applications only

 Access to network , OS and jBase cannot be controlled
• Ex : Changing record from backend, ftp access

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User Creation
 Why User?

 For every user who is allowed to use T24, a user record

should be created
 This USER record provides the user information, access
details and log details
 Users can be classified as
• Internal – Bank Employees
• External – IB users

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 User Creation

 Enter USER, I <User-name>

 Enter the mandatory fields
 Commit the record

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 USER PROFILE

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 USER PROFILE

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 USER PROFILE

 SIGN ON NAME
• Name entered by the user to access T24 system
• Must be different from USER ID
• Must be unique
 CLASSIFICATION
• Identifies whether the user is an employee of the bank or
• Customer of the bank
– INT - Bank employee
– EXT - Customer

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 USER PROFILE

 COMPANY CODE
• Specifies the company codes for which the user has got access

 PASSSWORD VALIDITY
• Specifies the Frequency and Date of password change
• Frequency setup is done based on the bank policy
• System will recycle the date automatically

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 USER PROFILE

 START DATE PROFILE

• Specifies the date from which the user can access T24
• This date should not be lesser than today

 END DATE PROFILE

• Specifies the date till which the user can access T24
– Ex : For external consultants system access can be granted for 3
months

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 USER PROFILE

 START TIME
• Specifies the time from which the user can access T24 system
• It is possible to specify more than one period for a day
• If 1 or 2 digit value is entered, then system will take it as minutes
from midnight
 END TIME
• Specifies the time till which the user can access T24 system

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 USER PROFILE

 Time Out Minutes

• Allows the user session to logoff automatically after the specified time.
• The maximum value allowed in this field is 999
• This verifies TIMEOUT MODE field of SPF
– TIMEOUT MODE = ACTIVE
» Automatically sign off the user after specified time
» This rule will not be applied if the transaction is in Input/authorization phase

– TIMEOUT MODE = PASSIVE or NULL

» Automatically sign off the user after specified time
» There is no distinction between authorization and other phase

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 USER PROFILE

 ATTEMPTS
• Number of unsuccessful attempts allowed during login
• After this count user profile will get disabled automatically
• Disabled user profiles can be identified by using the mainline
routine PASSWORD.EXCEPTION
 INIT APPLICATION
• Applicationor Menu to be executed whenever the user logs on
to the system
• Menu should be prefixed with “ ? “

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 USER PROFILE

 CUSTOMER
• Customer financial information that can be accessed by the
External user
• Mandatory for External User
• This field is enabled only for external users
 ACCOUNT
• External user cannot access Account information If it is not
given in this field
• Cannot be entered unless CUSTOMER is entered

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 USER PROFILE

 ATTEMPTS SINCE
• Number of unsuccessful attempt is updated
• If
this count is greater than the number in ATTEMPTS,
password will get disabled

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 USER LOGS

 SIGN ON OFF LOG

• Specifies whether a log should be written to PROTOCOL file or not
every time the user Signs on or off
• Unsuccessful attempt is always logged in irrespective of this field
value
 SECURITY MGMT LOG
• Specifies whether a log should be written to PROTOCOL every
time when the user tries to access Security management
applications
– Ex : USER , PASSWORD.RESET etc

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 USER LOGS

 APPLICATION LOG
• Specifies
whether a log should be written to PROTOCOL every
time when the user tries to access any T24 application

 FUNCTION ID LOG
• Specifies
whether or not full details of every Application,
Function and record ID accessed by this User should be
recorded in the PROTOCOL file

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 USER PROFILE

 CLEAR SCREEN
• Ifset to Yes, it clears the screen whenever the user finishes
processing
• If set to No, screen will remain in the same page after
transaction processing
 PRINTER FOR RPTS
• Printer to be used for printing the reports
• Should be a valid printer or &HOLD&

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 USER PROFILE

 PRINTER FOR P FUNC

• Printer to be used when P function is used to print the reports

 AMOUNT FORMAT
• Specifies the separators to be used for formatting amounts
• It is a two character pair
• First is the amount separator , second is the decimal separator
– Ex : ,.

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 USER PROFILE

 ATTRIBUTES
• COMMAND.LINE - User is allowed to use command line
• EXPLORER - Allows the user to use the Application explorers
• ENQUIRY.INDEX - Allows access to the enquiry index, where
the user is given access only to enquiries
• REALTIMEENQUIRY - Allows the use of real time enquiries for
this user
• LOCK.PREFERENCES - Prevents the user from gaining access
to various Desktop settings including file locations and some
system administrative functions

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 USER PROFILE

• SUPER.USER - Allows user access

– To all of the features
– For all future functionality with the exception of
REALTIMEENQUIRY
• LOCK.DEACTIVATION - To Disable "Deactivation profile" menu
item on desktop menu Bar
• LOCK.DESIGNERS - To disable all Designer's menu items on
Desktop menu bar
• LOCK.MISC.ITEMS - Prevents the user from gaining access to
– user toolbar , list of enquiries and list of reports in desktop

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 USER PROFILE

 OTH BOOK ACCESS

• The branches or books that the user can access
• COMPANY.SMS.GROUP key can also be given

 OTH BOOK BLOCK

• The branches or books that the user should not access
• COMPANY.SMS.GROUP key can also be given

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 USER PROFILE
 ALLOWED DAYS
• Specifies the days for which the period for user access is given
• Period is given in START TIME and END TIME fields
• The values allowed are 1 to 7
• * for all days
 START TIME
• Start period of the day from which the user is allowed to access T24
system
 END TIME
• End period of the day till which the user is allowed to access T24
system

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Access Restriction
 Restriction Level

 User Access can be restricted to

• Specific Company Specific Printer

• Specific Application Temporary Access
• Specific Version Specific Function
• Specific Data Specific Account
• Specific Customer Specific Time

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 User Profile Access

 Based on the business profile of a user,

• Provide access to relevant company, application, version and
function
 Helps in maintaining the confidentiality of the information
available in the system
 Access can be restricted to Individual user or Group of users

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 Access Restriction

 Company Restr
• Specifies the company to which the user is allowed to use the
application, version and function attached in the related field
• ALL – To allow access all companied in COMPANY CODE field

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 USER PROFILE

 APPLICATION
• Valid T24 application allowed for the given company
• ALL.PG – Allowed for all applications and programs
• ALL.PG.H – Only ‘H’ type files can be accessed
• SMS ID is prefixed with @ symbol

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 USER PROFILE

 VERSION
• Name of the version preceded by ,
•? and * can be used as wild card characters
•* - For any number of characters
•? – For single character

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 USER PROFILE

 FUNCTION
• Specifies the allowed functions
• ALL – Will automatically update all the functions except ‘Q’
•N – No function allowed

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 USER PROFILE

 Define Conditions, based on which the corresponding

application is accessed
 FIELD NO
• Field on which condition has to be applied
• Direct field number can be given
• APPLICATION NAME > FIELD NAME can be entered
 DATA COMPARISON
• Comparison operator
– Ex : EQ, GE , LT, NE, UL

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PASSWORD Conditions
 SPF

 PWD REPETITION
 Number of different passwords a user can use before
repeating the first password

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 SPF

 PASS MIN LENGTH

• Minimum length of T24 user password
• Default minimum length is 6
 PASS UPPER ALPHA
• Numberof upper case alphabets must be entered in the
password
 PASS LOWER ALPHA
• Number of lower case alphabets must be entered in the
password

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 SPF

 PASS NUMERIC
• Number of numeric characters must be entered in the password
 PASS OTHER
• Ay character that must be part of the password
• Ex : $

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 PASSWORD RESET

 PASSWORD.RESET is an application that allows the user

• To reset the password
• To reset the number of failed attempts
• To enable the user profile

 ID of this application can be

• Any alphabets or numeric

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 PASSWORD RESET

 USER PW ATTEMPT
• Value should be valid USER ID
• This will reset the password and number of attempts
 USER ATTEMPT
• Value should be valid USER id
• This will reset the number of login attempts
• Count will start from 0 again

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 PASSWORD RESET

 USER DEACT PERD

• ID
of the user whose profile has to enabled before completion of
deactivation period
 USER RESET
• ID of the user whose password to be reset to specific password
• Password should be specified in USER PWD field
 USER PASSWORD
• Value specified in this field will get cleared on commit
• The encrypted password is stored in USER PWD field

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USER SMS GROUP
 USER.SMS.GROUP

 Grouping of Users having same user rights

 Allows definition of restriction at Application & Function level
 Creation of Logical groups that can be attached to User
profile
 Avoid repetition of related application in different User
profiles

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 USER SMS GROUP

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 USER SMS GROUP

 Temporary access can be provided to the user

 TEMP FUNCTION
• Functions
allowed for the user for temporary period specified in
START DATE and END DATE fields
 START DATE
• Thedate from which the user may access the additional
functions
 END DATE
• The date till which the user may access the additional functions

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 USER SMS GROUP

 This SMS group can be attached to the user profile by

prefixing it with @

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Authorization Rights
 Authorization

 T24 generates two types of messages:

• Override message
– Messages that can be overridden by the User
• Error message
– Messages should be corrected before the transaction is committed
– Otherwise, the transaction would be aborted or could not be
committed

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 Example of Error Message

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 Example of Override Message

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Override
 Override

 Warning messages pertaining to a transaction

 Prompted to the user before committing a transaction
 User can Accept/Reject transaction with the warnings
 Accepting Override message will complete the transaction

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 Tables Involved

 Three applications are linked with Override

• OVERRIDE

– Define Override message & Application name

• OVERRIDE.CLASS

– Define Override message & ID of Override Class detail

• OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS

– Define classification & condition

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 OVERRIDE

 Override Message can be :

•A simple text
– Ex : NO LINE ALLOCATED
•A variable text
– Ex : Unauthorized overdraft of USD 10000 on account 14613
– Where, the Currency, Amount and Account number are variable
values

 Define valid data type

• Ex : CCY

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 OVERRIDE

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS

 Override message returns variable data elements

 Specify different Override Classes depending on the variable
data element
 ID of OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS is attached to the Field
‘Override Detail’ of OVERRIDE.CLASS

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS

 Define conditions for Override contract Authorization

 Data Def
• Define order of the variable data element
 Classification
• Define Classifications for Override Class
• Specifies the classification type for the override message
• Allowthe user to define different levels of approval within each
application, according to the nature of the override

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS

 Data Def No.

• Define Field No.
• FieldNo. called based on application defined in Override
Application
 Comparison
• Define field level conditions
• Itis an operator linking the Data Def in field 1 to the values for
comparison in fields 5 & 6 (Data From & Data To)

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS

 ID - Application name
• Ex : FUNDS.TRANSFER
 Override text
• Allows
the user to define specific classifications for the override
messages of the ID application
• Should be the same as defined in Override application
 Define Record Id from OVERRIDE.CLASS.DETAILS in field
‘Override Detail’

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 OVERRIDE.CLASS

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 User Access

 Attach Override Classification name in field ‘Override Class’

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 Example

 Input a contract in FT module, and approve the OVERRIDE

in the contract

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 Example

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 Example

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 Example

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 Example

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Features
 Sign-On Reset

 T24 session remains in the server when:

• User closes their PC without closing T24
• Hardware or system failure occurs

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 Types Of Sign Off

 User Initiated
 Inactive Session
 Hardware Failure

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 Sign-On De-activation/ Password
Reactivation
 User profile can be deactivated and reactivated
 Use -> Tools Menu -> My Profile -> Deactivate Profile
 Enter Deactivation Date & Reactivation Date

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 Sign-On De-activation/Password
Reactivation

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 Summary

 Set up of security management system in T24

• Security at various levels including user, application, field and
function levels – USER application
• Process level approval – OVERRIDE application

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