Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
While working with Password Manager Pro, you will come across some terminologies having unique meanings. It is worthwhile to take a note of those terminologies before proceeding further:
Glossary of Terms
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
Resource |
Denotes the server/application/device whose user accounts and passwords are to be managed by Password Manager Pro. |
Resource Group |
Denotes the group to which a particular resource belongs. For example, if you have some Windows XP servers among a number of other windows servers, you can group all the XP servers as one resource group. |
User Account |
Denotes the 'User Account' & 'Password' that are to be managed by Password Manager Pro. |
User |
Denotes the Password Manager Pro user accounts created as part of Password Manager Pro User Management. |
User Group |
Group of Password Manager Pro Users. |
Agent |
Password Manager Pro utilizes an agent for establishing connections with the remote resources. |
Password Policy |
See this document. |
Audit |
Password Manager Pro maintains the complete record of every single action performed by the users within the application by using timestamp and IP address. Three types of audit are performed, Resource Audit, User Audit and Task Audit. Read more |
Reports |
Password Manager Pro presents the entire password management process in your enterprise in the form of comprehensive reports. Read more |
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Expansion |
|---|---|
PMP |
Password Manager Pro |
AD |
Active Directory |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
SSO |
Single Sign-On |
SAML |
Security Assertion Markup Language |
TFA |
Two Factor Authentication |
MFA |
Multi-Factor Authentication |
ADFS |
Active Directory Federation Services |
RSA |
Rivest-Shamir-Adleman |
SSH |
Secure Shell |
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
CLI |
Computing Command-line Interface |
CI/CD |
Continuous integration and Continuous Delivery |
DevOps |
Development and Operations |
IIS |
Internet Information Server |
FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
HA |
High Availability |
CA |
Certificate Authority |
RDP |
Remote Desktop Protocol |
HSM |
Hardware Security Module |
PCIe |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |