Role-based access security is a method of assigning system access to authorized users based on their role in the organization. Roles are created to perform various job functions, and the permissions required to carry out those job functions are granted to the different roles. Individual users are then assigned one or more roles in the system, giving them access to the areas of the system for which their roles are authorized.

Role-based access security operates through the use of several key components:

The system has additional types of security that can be configured for standard programs, component-based functions, and the Channel Islands User Interface.