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Delegated Administration and ReportingThe fundamentals of delegated administrationTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Delegated administration roles, page 334 Delegated administrators, page 335 Delegated administration and reporting permissions, page 336 Administrators in multiple roles, page 339Multiple administrators accessing TRITON - Web Security, page340Before setting up delegated administration for your organization, there are 3 mainconcepts to understand:Roles are containers used to group administrators and clients. There are 3 typesof roles. See Delegated administration roles, page 334.Administrators are individuals or groups given responsibility for configuringTRITON - Web Security settings, managing policies for clients, running Internetactivity reports, or auditing the system. An administrator’s set of responsibilitiesis determined by the role and permissions that the administrator is assigned. SeeDelegated administrators, page 335.Permissions determine what responsibilities (like creating policies or runningreports) an administrator has within a role. The available permissions changebased on which type of role an administrator is assigned to. See Delegatedadministration and reporting permissions, page 336.Delegated administration rolesTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xA role groups clients—users, groups, domains (OUs), computers, and networks—with one or more administrators.Clients in a delegated administration role are referred to as managed clients.Administrators can perform different tasks (like managing policies or runningreports) for managed clients in their role, based on their permissions.TRITON - Web Security includes one predefined role: Super Administrator. Althoughit is not shown, admin, the Global Security Administrator account, is a member of thisrole. The admin account cannot be deleted, nor can its permissions be changed.ImportantYou cannot delete the Super Administrator role or theadmin account.334 Websense Web Security Solutions