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Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
Security
Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
Security authentication
The Symphony security authentication mode authenticates usernames and passwords that you create for users in the server configuration interface.

Introduction
Senstar Symphony is award-winning, intelligent video surveillance software that offers a single, innovative, and open IP video platform for video management, video analytics, system integration, and alarm management.
Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the server configuration interface
  You can open the server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
- Security
  Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
  - Users
    Users are individuals with permission to use Symphony.
  - Groups
    Groups are collections of users with similar permissions for the Symphony Server and Symphony Client.
  - Security profiles
    A security profile is a collection of permissions that you can apply across all users and groups. Security profiles make it easy to switch the permissions for users and groups in the Senstar Symphony Server.
  - Logins
    The Logins page displays active and historical sessions for the Symphony Server.
  - Active Directory authentication
    The Active Directory Integration security mode uses Active Directory to authenticate users.
  - Security authentication
    The Symphony security authentication mode authenticates usernames and passwords that you create for users in the server configuration interface.
  - Watermarking
    Symphony uses watermarking to detect tampered video and audio. Watermarking works in the Symphony Client, Symphony Player, and Symphony Web Client.
- Rules
  Symphony can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings in Symphony allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
- Analytics
  Senstar Symphony video analytics provide real-time alerts, smart video search, and reporting.
Senstar Symphony Client
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Web Client
The Senstar Symphony Web Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Player
The Senstar Symphony Player is an application that can view video files created in the Senstar Symphony Client.
Legal information
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Security authentication

The Symphony security authentication mode authenticates usernames and passwords that you create for users in the server configuration interface.

For this authentication method, the Symphony database stores user names and passwords for user accounts. When a user attempts to log in, Symphony checks the credentials against the Symphony database.