Logging on to Meridian Enterprise

The FDA Module can provide an added level of security to the standard Meridian Enterprise user authentication by prompting you to log on before it allows you to open a vault configured with the FDA Module. This feature is configurable by a system administrator and affects all Meridian Enterprise client applications.

To open a vault:

1. Attempt to open the vault as you normally would. If FDA Module authentication is enabled, instead of opening immediately, the Open Vault dialog box appears.

2. Type your user name and password in User name and Password, respectively and click OK.

Different results will occur depending on the outcome of the authentication:

• If the user name and password you typed are correct, and they match those of the user account currently logged on to the computer, the client application will open.
• If the user name or password is incorrect or if one of them does not match that of the user account currently logged on to the computer, an error message will display and the vault will not open. You will be specified another chance to log on. After an administrator-configured number of invalid logon attempts, the FDA Module will lock the computer until the correct credentials are typed.

All logon attempts (successful and unsuccessful) are logged to the FDA Module audit log.