Create a New Security Group

SharePoint 2010 allows you to control who has access to your sites and content via security groups.

1. Login to your SharePoint site as the administrative account
2. Select Site Actions > Site Permissions

3. Select Create Group on the Permission Tools Tab

4. Enter a name and description for the security group you wish to create in the Name and About Me Description section
5. Specify the owner of the security group in the Owner section
6. Specify who can view and edit the membership of the group in the Group Settings section
7. Specify settings for join and leave requests for the group in the Membership Requests section

8. Click Create