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title: "The security tools"
slug: "the-security-tools"
abstract: "Overview of the security tools in the user, role and domain managers and the security and content editors."
---
# The security tools

In Sitecore, there are several tools available that you can use to manage various aspects of security.

The Sitecore security tools are:

- [The User Manager](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_id__The_User_Manager "The User Manager")
- [The Role Manager](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_id__Role_Manager "The Role Manager")
- [The Security Editor](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_id__Security_Editor "The Security Editor")
- [The Access Viewer](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_id__Access_Viewer "The Access Viewer")
- [The Domain Manager](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_id__Domain_Manager "The Domain Manager")
- [The Content Editor — the Security tab](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.html#UUID-242b846d-a1c3-2787-96bd-216c2962560c_N1525435382913)

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<summary><h2>The User Manager</h2></summary>

You can use the User Manager to create and manage the users that have access to your system.

In the User Manager, you can:

- Create, edit, and delete users
- Change the password of users
- Enable and disable users
- Lock and unlock users
- Open the other security tools

![F48AEAC498484CEEA879AB1A2845D8DA.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/F48AEAC498484CEEA879AB1A2845D8DA.png)

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<summary><h2>The Role Manager</h2></summary>

You can use the Role Manager to create and manage the roles that you want to assign to your security accounts (users and roles).

In the Role Manager, you can:

- Create and delete roles.
- Add or remove users and roles as members of a role.
- Open the other security tools.

![0BDBDAB849A04A4EB8B425185C9AE740.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/0BDBDAB849A04A4EB8B425185C9AE740.png)

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<summary><h2>The Security Editor</h2></summary>

You can use the Security Editor to assign the access rights that roles and users should have to the items in the content tree.

In the Security Editor, you can:

- Assign access rights to your security accounts
- Protect and unprotect items
- Open the Access Viewer and the User Manager

![854301EA184644C2820560FB9BFF49CE.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/854301EA184644C2820560FB9BFF49CE.png)

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<summary><h2>The Access Viewer</h2></summary>

You can use the Access Viewer to get an overview of the access rights that are assigned to your security accounts.

In the Access Viewer, you can:

- Get an overview of the access rights that are assigned to the security accounts for each item in the content tree.
- See an explanation of how the current settings have been resolved.
- Open the Security Editor and the User Manager.

![B46FD10B54D54ED3A461DB761A8ACB30.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/B46FD10B54D54ED3A461DB761A8ACB30.png)

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<summary><h2>The Domain Manager</h2></summary>

You can use the Domain Manager to create and manage your domains.

In the Domain Manager, you can:

- Create and delete domains.
- Specify whether the domains are global or locally managed.
- Open other security tools.

![630A62557F984C4EAA7FBE31EE520CE5.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/630A62557F984C4EAA7FBE31EE520CE5.png)

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<summary><h2>The Content Editor — the Security tab</h2></summary>

In the Content Editor, there are security functionalities available that enable you to assign access rights to your security accounts.

In the Content Editor, on the **Security** tab, you can:

- Assign access rights to your security accounts.
- Get an overview of the roles and users that have access rights to individual items in the content tree.
- Change the ownership of an item.
- Open the Access Viewer and the User Manager.

![A323A57FEBF24F65A6B9FBA0D5DD99FC.png](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/A323A57FEBF24F65A6B9FBA0D5DD99FC.png)

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