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Security Overview
Understanding Security
Your main design goal when developing a Workflow security strategy is to effectively use the Workflow security configuration.
Encrypted Communication Between SQL Server and Workflow Server
For a secure system, GE Digital recommends that you encrypt the communication between the application server and the SQL Server.

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Security
- Security Overview
  - Workflow Security
    Security configuration and maintenance is performed by Workflow system administrators.
  - Understanding Security
    Your main design goal when developing a Workflow security strategy is to effectively use the Workflow security configuration.
    - System Protection
    - Security Concepts
      Before you restrict access to Workflow features, you need to understand how security works.
    - Security Status
    - Design and Plan Security
      Security is enabled when you install Workflow and cannot be disabled; therefore, you should plan and design all required users and groups before you deploy Workflow.
    - Encrypted Communication Between SQL Server and Workflow Server
      For a secure system, GE Digital recommends that you encrypt the communication between the application server and the SQL Server.
    - Security Authorization
      Authorization is a security feature that gives particular users permission to access data and leverage capability with the Vision application.
- Users and Groups
- Domain-Based Security

Encrypted Communication Between SQL Server and Workflow Server

For a secure system, GE Digital recommends that you encrypt the communication between the application server and the SQL Server.

If communications between these servers are not encrypted, certain tools can read the plain text SQL queries and data transmitted between those servers.

For information about encrypting connections to SQL Server, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189067.aspx.

For information about enabling SSL encryption for an instance of SQL Server, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316898.

For information about configuring certificates for use by SSL, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186362.aspx.