Summary

Security reigns supreme in any IT system; ignore it and you will pay the consequences. We started this chapter with some security basics on the importance of password strength and management. Next, we dug into how ArcGIS Server security is initially configured and what can be done to further secure it, covering some security best practices and the identity stores and authentication methods that can be employed by ArcGIS Server. We did the same for Portal security next, covering some best practices, identity stores, authentication, and how to implement Integrated Windows Authentication. The different methods to integrate ArcGIS Server with Portal were discussed along with why and how to federate ArcGIS Server with Portal. Finally, we ended the chapter with a short discussion on the importance of applying software updates to your system. Next up in Chapter 7, Scripting Administrative Tasks we will roll up our sleeves and look at how we can use Python to script ArcGIS Enterprise administration...