Issue security schemes

As explained earlier, the starting point of using issue security is issue security schemes. It is the responsibility of the Jira administrator to create and design security levels so that they can be reused as much as possible:

1. Browse to the Jira administration console.
2. Select the Issues tab and then the Issue security schemes option to bring up the Issue Security Schemes page:

Adding an issue security scheme

Jira does not come with any predefined issue security schemes, so you will have to create your own from scratch. Perform the following steps to create a new issue security scheme:

1. Browse to the Issue Security Schemes page
2. Click on the Add Issue Security Scheme button
3. Enter a name and description...