Understanding administrators
Depending on their role, administrators in Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM) are responsible for certificate lifecycle management, policy enforcement, access control, and ensuring organizational compliance. They ensure certificates are managed securely, issued accurately, and are aligned with industry standards and regulations.
The primary administrator privileges and restrictions are divided as follows:
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MRAO administrator — A Master Registration Authority Officer (MRAO) administrator can make changes across all organizations and departments in an enterprise account without any restrictions.
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RAO administrator — A Registration Authority Officer (RAO) administrator can perform operations on specific organizations and departments and for specific certificate types.
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DRAO administrator — A Department Registration Authority Officer (DRAO) can only perform operations on specific departments and for specific certificate types.
Administrators can be managed on the page.
The following table describes the settings and controls of the Admins page.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The administrator’s full name |
The administrator’s email address used for notifications and certificate issuance |
|
Username |
The Standard or API administrator’s user name |
Type |
The type of administrator:
|
Role |
The specific role of the administrator:
|
Template |
Indicates the IdP template used to create the IdP user |
Active |
Indicates whether the administrator account is active and able to access SCM |
Table controls |
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Filter |
Enables you to sort the table information using predefined groups and custom filters |
Group |
Enables you to sort the table information using predefined groups |
Refresh |
Refreshes the information presented in the table |
Manage Columns |
Enables you to select which table columns to display |
Admin controls |
|
Add |
Opens the Add Admin dialog where you can add a new administrator account |
Delete |
Removes the selected administrator profile |
Edit |
Opens the Edit Admin dialog where you can manage an existing certificate profile |
API Keys |
Opens the API Keys dialog where you can add or edit admin API keys |
Change Type |
Opens the Edit Admin Type dialog where you can change the administrator from one type to another |
Send IdP Invitation |
Sends an email to the administrator that they can use to connect their SCM account to an available IdP |
Resend IdP Invitation |
Resends the email to the administrator that they can use to complete the connection of their SCM account to an available IdP |
View Audit |
Opens the Profile Audit dialog where you can view or download audit logs |
Activate/Deactivate |
Located in the Active column, the selector enables you to switch administrators between active and inactive status |
Comparing administrator roles
Administrators can be configured with specific privileges as needed. The privileges available for selection are determined by administrator’s role.
An administrator can be assigned more than one sub-role.
The following table lists all potential privileges for the various administrative roles.
| Privilege | MRAO | RAO | DRAO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSL |
Client |
Code Signing |
Device |
SSL |
Client |
Code Signing |
Device |
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Allow creation of peer admin users |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Allow editing of peer admin users |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Allow deleting of peer admin users |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Allow DCV |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Allow SSL details changing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|||||
Automatically approve certificate requests |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||||
MS AD Discovery |
✓ |
||||||||
Allow certificate revocation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Allow download keys from Key Vault |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||||||
Approve domain delegation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Allow to manage organizations/departments |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |