Security and authentication operations govern login and authentication requests. These operations also retrieve access control list (ACL) information for specified files, folders, and channels.

The Actuate Information Delivery API provides two login mechanisms, one for BIRT iHub administrators and one for other users, including volume administrators. The iHub administrator manages iHub and Encyclopedia volumes, performing such tasks as taking an iHub offline and bringing it back online, adding an iHub to a cluster, setting iHub and Encyclopedia volume properties, managing resource groups, and adding printer connections to an iHub.

The Encyclopedia volume administrator controls access to an Encyclopedia volume by creating users and assigning passwords and other credentials. The Encyclopedia volume administrator also uploads and downloads files to and from the volume and creates, updates, and deletes the items in the Encyclopedia volume.

Other users work with Encyclopedia volume items to the extent that their access privileges permit.