The UBIK Session Authentication Management '''U'''BIK '''S'''ession '''A'''uthentication '''M'''anagement (USAM) is a mechanism for managing all connected users logged in to one or more {{UBIK}} databases. There are three general modes of session authentication:
== Single Local Application ==
This means that no explicit authorization mechanism is used. The user's session is a single session which cannot be terminated by another user or the system itself.