Chapter 4: Configuring NSP security

This chapter describes fundamental NSP system security elements, and includes important information that you must consider as you deploy an NSP system or component.

For additional NSP security information such as post-deployment configuration, see the NSP Security Hardening Guide or the NSP System Administrator Guide.

Overview

NSP system security

NSP platform user accounts

Restricting root-user system access

HTTPS Strict-Transport Security (HSTS)

NSP user authentication

Overview

NSP user authentication functions

NSP user activity logging

NSP Transport Layer Security (TLS)

NSP TLS overview

NSP TLS configuration requirements

NSP TLS configuration procedures

To generate custom TLS certificate files for the NSP

To extract the NFM-P TLS certificate for use in an NSP deployment

To suppress security warnings in NSP browser sessions