A security profiles verifies the identities of application users and administrators who
request access via one or more configured authentication providers.
SAP Mobile Platform Server supports a variety of built-in authentication providers
that authenticate users. Administrators create a security profile and assign one or more
providers to it using Management Cockpit.
You can configure a provider of a given type only if that provider is available on the enterprise network.
Administrator authentication and device user authentication are configured
differently:
- Administrators are authenticated with the Admin security profile. For first-time
logins, administrators are authenticated with the System
Login (Admin Only)
authentication provider. Once logged in, administrators for production systems
should immediately reconfigure the Admin security profile to use the enterprise
security back end using Management Cockpit.
- Device users are authenticated with custom SAP Mobile Platform Server security
profiles created by the platform administrator in
Management Cockpit. For SAP back ends, SSO authentication
can be configured.