---
title: "Security"
description: "Manage project access with user, team, and role permissions. Create users, teams, and roles for secure collaboration. (Gitana 4.0)"
product: "Gitana"
version: "4.0"
url: "/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/security/overview"
---

# Security

Access to a project is managed through users, teams and roles:

- Users are created at the platform level (Manage Platform -> Users). A new user does not see any projects until they are added to one.
- Users are added to a project as existing platform members, or invited to the project as new members. They are then added to the project's teams.
- Teams are granted roles. A role is a grouping of permissions, such as `READ`, `UPDATE` and `DELETE`.

Work through the following in order:

1.  [Add a User to a Project](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/security/create-user.md)
2.  [Create a new Team](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/security/create-team.md)
3.  [Create a new Role](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/security/create-role.md)

For the concepts behind this, see [Security](/documentation/gitana/4.0/engine/security/overview.md), [Teams](/documentation/gitana/4.0/engine/teams/overview.md) and [Authorities](/documentation/gitana/4.0/engine/authorities/overview.md) in the Content Engine guide.