# Audience

This guide is for database administrators, Empirica Healthcare Analysis site administrators, IT administrators, and others whose responsibility is to perform the following:

- Install and configure the Empirica Healthcare Analysis software and its system components securely.
- Create security policies and develop best practices to regulate and monitor safety data usage.
- Create and manage user accounts, passwords, roles, and permissions.
- Monitor user activity for inappropriate or unauthorized actions or data misuse.

This guide assumes that you have an understanding of operating system and database concepts, and have experience using the software tools described.

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