User roles

The Kaspersky Scan Engine functionality includes differentiation of access rights for users. Access rights are defined by the user roles assigned to each user of Kaspersky Scan Engine. Assigning the user role with limited access rights to ordinary information security employees allows them to monitor and analyze incidents, but they cannot change the configuration of Kaspersky Scan Engine.

There are two user roles In Kaspersky Scan Engine:

• Administrator has full access to the Kaspersky Scan Engine functionality.
• Operator has limited access to the Kaspersky Scan Engine functionality.

See the table below for more information on the functions available for each user role.

Availability of Kaspersky Scan Engine functionality for different user roles

Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI	Administrator	Operator
Dashboard	Available	Limited availability: The following functions are unavailable: Restarting Kaspersky Scan Engine (Restart button). Updating anti-virus database (Update button). Deleting all data from the anti-virus database and getting the new data (Update from scratch button). Changing the key file or the activation code (Change button). Limited data set in the table of events. Operator can only view events related to scanning and events initiated by themselves.
Scan results	Available	Limited availability. Operator cannot reset scan results (the Reset statistics button is not available).
Settings	Available	Unavailable
Cluster	Available	Unavailable

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