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title: "How is security managed in SharePoint?"  
description: "How is security managed in SharePoint?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-11-09  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1342/how-is-security-managed-in-sharepoint  
category: "sharepoint"  
tags: ["sharepoint"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How is security managed in SharePoint?

Authentication:\
SharePoint can run under various IIS modes to authenticate its users. The modes include: Anonymous, Basic, Integrated Windows or Certificates Authentication (over SSL).\
Authorization:\
SharePoint security facilitates the regulation of access privileges of users and groups as well.\
Impersonation:\
.NET Impersonation which is utilized by SharePoint allows an application to run under the context of the client accessing an application.\
Deployment and Code Access Security:\
.NET Code Access Security (CAS) provides a security model. It can restrict the operations that can be performed as well as the resources that can be accessed by managed code.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Authentication:\
SharePoint can run under various IIS modes to authenticate its users. The modes include: Anonymous, Basic, Integrated Windows or Certificates Authentication (over SSL).\
Authorization:\
SharePoint security facilitates the regulation of access privileges of users and groups as well.\
Impersonation:\
.NET Impersonation which is utilized by SharePoint allows an application to run under the context of the client accessing an application.\
Deployment and Code Access Security:\
.NET Code Access Security (CAS) provides a security model. It can restrict the operations that can be performed as well as the resources that can be accessed by managed code.


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