Cisco Cyber Vision Classic UI Administration Guide, Release 5.6.0

Users

Updated: July 6, 2026

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Outlines user account management in Cyber Vision Center, including user roles, permissions, external directory integration, user restrictions, and security settings such as password policies and access controls.

A user is an account holder in Cyber Vision Center that

accesses and interacts with the Cyber Vision Center platform,
is assigned one or more roles that define permissions and access privileges, and
is managed using user management features, such as roles and security settings.

Table 1. Feature History Table
Feature	Release Information	Feature Description
Restrict users to a specific preset category	Release 5.4.x	This feature enables precise data access control by assigning preset categories to Cyber Vision user roles, limiting users to the Explore menu with read-only permissions. Note Once you restrict a user to a specific preset category, they will not have access to the New UI.

User roles and management

Cyber Vision Center provides default user roles such as Admin, Auditor, Operator, and Product. You can also create custom roles to tailor specific permissions and access levels for different users or groups. Roles control the actions that you can perform within the platform. You can map user roles (except Admin) to external directory groups through LDAP. To provide admin privileges through LDAP, clone the admin role and map it to the external directory group.

User security settings

The Security settings page (Admin > Users > Security settings) allows configuration of password policies, such as password lifetime, login attempt limits, and password reuse restrictions, to help protect user accounts.

User roles

User roles define access and administrative privileges in the platform.

Table 2. User role types and privileges
Role	Privilege
Admin	If you have the admin role, you have full rights and oversee all sensitive actions. These actions include managing user rights, updating the system, configuring syslog, and setting up sensor reset or sensor capture mode.
Product	If you have the product role, you can access system, sensor, and event administration pages and manage sensors remotely. You may manage event severity and export events to syslog if an admin allows it.
Operator	If you have the operator role, you work in monitor mode and can manage groups, but do not have administration privileges. You can access all pages except system administration.
Auditor	If you have the auditor role, you have read-only access to Explore, Reports, Events, and Search pages. You can use non-persistent sorting features and generate reports.

Password requirements

Passwords protect user accounts and systems against unauthorized access.

Passwords must meet these requirements:

Contain at least 6 characters.
Must include:
- A lowercase character from a to z
- An uppercase character from A to Z
- A numeric character from zero to nine
- A special character (~!"#$%&’()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{|})
Not contain your user ID.

Additional best practices:

Change your password regularly.
Configure password lifetime settings in Admin > Users > Security settings.

Add a new user

Add a new user account to Cyber Vision Center to log in and access assigned roles.

Before you begin

Ensure you have administrator privileges in Cyber Vision Center.

Procedure

From the main menu, choose Admin > Users > Management.
Click Add a new user.
Enter the required user details: Firstname, Lastname, Email, Password, and Confirm password.
Select the appropriate role for the user.
Click OK.

You can see the new user in the Users management page, and the user can log in with the assigned credentials.

What to do next

To edit or delete the user later, use the Users management page.

Create a user role

Create a user role in Cyber Vision with specific permissions to meet your needs.

Use user roles to define precise access and manage permissions for each user in Cyber Vision.

Before you begin

Ensure the Cyber Vision New UI is enabled for your center.

Procedure

From the main menu, choose Admin > Users > Role Management.
Click the add button (+) to create a new role.
Enter the Role Name and Role Description.
Set permissions for the new user role using one method:
- Restrict user access to a single preset category:
  1. Enable Restrict user access to a single preset category.
  2. Select a preset category and click Save.
  Note
  To delete a preset category, first unassign it from any user role.
  
  If a user is restricted to a preset category, they have read-only access to the Explore menu only.
- Search/Add existing permission:
  1. Select a role from Search/Add existing permission.
  2. Click Save
- Add New Permissions:
  1. Click Add New Permissions.
  2. Select required permissions (Read or Read + Write) from Classic UI Permissions and New UI Permissions.
  3. Click Save.
  Note
  
  You receive read access to Explore in the Classic UI and to Assets and Vulnerabilities in the New UI by default.

The new user role appears in the Role Management list.

What to do next

You can edit or delete roles in Role Management.
You can map custom roles to external directory groups in LDAP settings.

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