# Creating a Security Administrator

For security purposes, create a security administrator and manage users in your account as the security administrator.

#### Procedure

1. Choose Management & Deployment > Identity and Access Management.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Users.
3. On the Users page, click Create User.
4. Specify the user information on the Create User page.

   Parameter | Description
   --- | ---
   Username | Username that will be used to log in to the cloud system, for example, Franklin. This field is required.
   Email Address | Email address of the user that can be used as a login credential. Users can bind an email address after they are created. This field is required if you have specified Set by user as the access type.
   Mobile Number | Mobile phone number of the user that can be used as a login credential. Users can bind a mobile number after they are created. This field is optional.
   Description | Additional information about the user. This field is optional.

5. Specify the access type as Management console access and click Next.

   Access Type | Configuration | Description
   --- | --- | ---
   Management console access | Console Password | Set by user | If you are the administrator setting the password for user Franklin, select this option and enter an email address and a mobile number. User Franklin can then set a password by clicking on the one-time login URL sent over email.
   Automatically generated | This option is available only when you create a single user.
   Set now | Select this option if you are user Franklin. Then, set a password for login.
   Login Protection | Enable | If login protection is enabled, user Bob will need to enter a verification code in addition to the username and password during login. Enable this function for account security. You can choose from SMS-, email-, and virtual MFA–based login verification.
   Disable | For this example, disable login protection.

   Programmatic access: Users can access cloud services using development tools (including APIs, CLI, and SDKs) that support key authentication. This access type is recommended for developers.

6. Click Next to add the user to the admin user group.
7. Click Create.

Parent topic: Getting Started