Hour 17. Securing SharePoint 2010
What You’ll Learn in This Hour
• Understanding claims based authentication
• Configuring claims based authentication for SharePoint 2010
• Understanding authorization in SharePoint 2010
• Using the SharePoint security object model
Due to the complexity of the topics discussed, some figures in this book are very detailed and are intended only to provide a high-level view of concepts. Those figures are representational and not intended to be read in detail.
Security is one of the most important requirements of any software application. You don’t want to store your data in any application that is not secure enough. SharePoint 2010 has a robust security model that enables you to secure your data at a granular level. This hour discusses how SharePoint manages security. If you have worked on SharePoint 2007 you will see that Claims Based Authentication is a major feature added to SharePoint 2010. In addition this hour looks at authorization in SharePoint 2010 and also the SharePoint Security object model.