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What is access control? - ✔✔A security technique that regulates who or what can view or use resources in a computing environment It enables administrators to manage access at a more granular lev... el Authentication - ✔✔Authentication is the step after identification It is to determine whether the claim of the identity is true Because access control is typically based on the identity of the user who requests access to a resource, authentication is essential to effective security. What is the role of authorization in access control? - ✔✔Authorization is the step after authentication. Authorization allows us to specify where the party should be allowed or denied access. What is the role of auditing in access control? - ✔✔We perform audits to ensure that compliance with applicable laws, policies, and other bodies of administrative control is being accomplished as well as detecting misuse. We may audit a variety of activities, including compliance with policy, proper security architecture, configuration management, personal behavior of users, or other activities. What are 4 different ways to authenticate a claim of identity? - ✔✔What you know - a password for an account What you have - a door key, a smart card Who you are - fingerprint What you do - how you pronounce a passphrase What is multi-factor authentication? - ✔✔A method of computer access control in which a user is only granted access after successfully presenting evidence to an authentication mechanism It decreases the probability of a false positive and increases the probability of a false negative Mandatory Access Control (MAC) - ✔✔A model of access control in which the owner of the resource does not get to decide who gets to access it, but instead access is decided by a group or individual who has the authority to set access on resources. Discretionary Access Control (DAC) - ✔✔A model of access control based on access [Show More]

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