§170.315(d)(6) Emergency Access

(d)(6) Emergency access is intended to enable a pre-determined set of users to have ‘admin’ or increased access/permissions during an emergency.

(d)(6) Emergency access is intended to allow a pre-determined set of users to have ‘admin’ or increased access/permissions during an emergency.

Required Extensions

Role-Based Access Control

Role-Based Access Control Extension

Create an “emergency” role that specific users can temporarily assign to themselves so that they can view otherwise restricted information.

Example

We created an Emergency message access role, with View Messages as the only permission.
We have user1 to whom the role Message view not allowed is assigned. Notice that this role does not have any Messages-related permission. It does have permissions to Manage users and to Role-Based Access Control settings.
When user1 attempts to view messages, the application displays an error.
In the Role-Based Access Control, user1 assigns to themselves the role Emergency message access in addition to their current role:
When the setting is saved, user1 is automatically logged out and prompted to log in again. After logging on, user1 is allowed to view messages.

Note: Changes in role assignments are listed in the Events browser.