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# Security Roles

# Security Roles {#ariaid-title1}

* Freigeben Version: Australia
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* Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 Minute Lesedauer

Security Roles provide added security, every user must have at least one role so that the instance can distinguish between internal and external users.

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| [Explore Explicit Roles](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Z_EOJgwu0skO_C4T0CHX6w#explicit-roles "You can give both internal users and external users access to your instance. However, you might not want both types of users to have the same level of access. To provide added security, every user must have at least one role so that the instance can distinguish between internal and external users.") [Learn the key features and business value of Explicit Roles.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Z_EOJgwu0skO_C4T0CHX6w#explicit-roles "You can give both internal users and external users access to your instance. However, you might not want both types of users to have the same level of access. To provide added security, every user must have at least one role so that the instance can distinguish between internal and external users.") | [Explore Elevated Privilege](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/T2UNDKD6HTL92ot_vH_UCQ "Elevated privilege roles require you to manually accept the responsibility of using the role before you can access the features of the role.") [Learn how the Elevated privilege role enables session based privileges.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/T2UNDKD6HTL92ot_vH_UCQ "Elevated privilege roles require you to manually accept the responsibility of using the role before you can access the features of the role.") |
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