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As administrator, what must you do to access feature of High Security Settings?

The correct answer is A. Select Elevate Roles. To access the features of High Security Settings, an administrator with the security_admin role must deliberately elevate their privileges for the current session.

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Database Management and Platform Security

Question

As administrator, what must you do to access feature of High Security Settings?

Options

  • ASelect Elevate Roles
  • BAdd security_admin role to your user account
  • CImpersonate Security Admin
  • DUse System Administrator < Elevate Roles module

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    90% (19)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

To access the features of High Security Settings, an administrator with the `security_admin` role must deliberately elevate their privileges for the current session.

ASelect Elevate RolesCorrect

To access High Security Settings features, an administrator with the `security_admin` role must activate it for their current session by selecting "Elevate Roles". This action temporarily grants the elevated privileges required to manage critical security configurations within the instance.

BAdd security_admin role to your user account

While having the `security_admin` role is necessary, the question asks what *must be done to access* the features, implying a step beyond just having the role, which is typically elevation.

CImpersonate Security Admin

Impersonating another user, even a Security Admin, does not inherently elevate the impersonator's own privileges to manage high security settings.

DUse System Administrator < Elevate Roles module

"System Administrator < Elevate Roles module" is not a standard ServiceNow module or action for elevating roles; the action is simply "Elevate Roles" available in the user menu.

Concept tested: Elevating security roles

Source: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-platform-security/page/administer/security/task/t_ElevatePrivileges.html

Topics

#Security Administration#Roles#Elevated Privileges#Administrator Tasks

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