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Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide 428
 
Security
This section describes device security and access control. The system handles 
various types of security.
The following list of topics describes the various types of security features 
described in this section. Some features are used for more than a single type of 
security or control, and so they appear twice in the list of topics below.
Permission to administer the device is described in the following sections:
• Defining Users
• Configuring TACACS+
• Configuring RADIUS
• Management Access Method
• Management Access Authentication
• Key Management
• Secure Sensitive Data Management
• SSL Server
Protection from attacks directed at the device CPU is described in the following 
sections:
• Configuring TCP/UDP Services
• Defining Storm Control
• Access Control
Access control of end-users to the network through the device is described in the 
following sections:
• Management Access Method
• Management Access Method