Archive for the ‘ Security Management ’ Category
What are Access Control Models?
Access control is the process of deciding who can use specific systems, resources, and applications. An access control model is a defined set of criteria a system administrator utilizes to define system users’ rights. There are three main access control models. These are Mandatory Access Control (MAC), Discretionary Access Control (DAC), and Role [...]
What is Access Control?
Access control involves managing who has access to specific systems and resources at a given time. The concept of access control revolves around the process comprised of three steps. These steps are identification, authentication, and authorization. Using these three principles a system administrator can control what resources are available to a system’s users.
The term identification [...]
What is Environmental Security?
Environmental security, from a computer networking standpoint, involves protecting and controlling the facilities where your systems are stored. The benefits of well-constructed environmental security process can ensure that data is not lost or in the case of a system failure is able to restore critical functions. Environmental security processes ensure business continuity in the [...]
What is an Internet Content Filter?
Internet content filters are used to prevent users on a computer from accessing websites deemed inappropriate and downloading files that may affect the security of a computer. Many Internet content filters are in place to block websites that contain pornography, hate groups, and other sensitive, and possibly illegal, activities and items. Many content filters are [...]
Essential Security Policies for Human Resources
This security-related human resource policy example outlines how employee information technology should be addressed. The goal is ensure that all personnel are aware of best practices used to protect information and how to ensure proper usage of their networking equipment, according to organization rules, standards, and guidelines.
While this document covers many rules, standards, and guidelines, [...]
How to Stop Spam
Spam is flooding inboxes, message boards, newsgroups, user comments, etc with the same message(s). The message is usually commercial advertising for quasi-legal products and services. Spam is lucrative because it costs the spammer little money to send. The brunt of the cost is borne by the recipients or carriers instead of the sender.
Email spam that [...]
What is Biometric Fingerprint Scanning?
Fingerprint scanning is a standard biometric method that authenticates a user’s identity based upon who they are. Even though authentication using fingerprint scanning attempts to verify identities by using a completely unique characteristic, it is not 100% secure or reliable.
A user’s fingerprint consists of a number of ridges and valleys on the top layer of [...]
