190 Certification Study Guide Series: IBM Maximo Asset Management V7.1 10.1 Security settings Before configuring the system for WebSphere Application Server or WebLogic Server security, review the following considerations: The application server is configured to authenticate against an LDAP server user registry. The system supports integration with Microsoft Active Directory ® or IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and lets you move LDAP server data into the application database tables. 10.1.1 Synchronization Synchronization keeps data in the system current with data in the LDAP directory server. How data synchronization occurs depends on whether you use WebSphere Application Server or WebLogic Server: For WebSphere Application Server, data synchronization between LDAP repositories and the system is governed by the federated repositories, which, in turn, are managed by Virtual Member Manager and the VMMSYNC cron task. For WebLogic Server, data synchronization between LDAP repositories and the system is managed by the LDAPSYNC cron task. 10.1.2 Application server security For application server security, two types of security files are used: Global Security files Application server security files Global security files The global security files are: ibm SMP maximo applications maximo properties maximo. properties ibm SMP maximo applications maximo maximouiweb webmodule WEB- INF Web. xml ibm SMP maximo applications maximo mboweb webmodule WEB- INF Web. xml