Network/System Security

When talking about EPM system security, you must consider several components of the overall EPM system related to the security.

User Authentication

Project Server 2003 can authenticate users who have a Windows user account, a Project Server user account, or both. It can be said that Windows authentication generally provides for better overall security than just Project Server authentication or mixed authentication methods.

By default, authentication for Project Server is set to Mixed, which means that both Windows and Project Server authentication methods are allowed. Users who need to access information stored on servers running WSS, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, or Analysis Service will still require Windows authentication. ...

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