15 - User Authentication and Access Control Overview

Question 1

What does AAA stand for?

Answer 1

Authentication, authorization, and accounting

Question 2

___ describes the process of granting or denying access to data and network resources as well as verifying that the security controls are working properly.

Answer 2

AAA (Authentication, authorization, and accounting)

Question 3

Confirms the user is who they claim to be. First step in AAA.

Answer 3

Authentication

Question 4

Defines what the user is able to access. Second step in AAA.

Answer 4

authorization

Question 5

Report on the access that a user has been granted, including how often the user accesses the resource or data. Final step in AAA.

Answer 5

accounting

Question 6

What does MFA stand for?

Answer 6

Multi-factor authentication

Question 7

What does 2FA stand for?

Answer 7

2-factor authentication

Question 8

The point of ___ is that even if someone steals your password through social engineering, brute force attacks, or any other way, they cannot access your device or data without the key fob, or without a fingerprint or face.

Answer 8

MFA

Question 9

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Confirm user is who they claim to be

Answer 9

Authentication

Question 10

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Usernames and passwords

Answer 10

Authentication

Question 11

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

PKI certificates

Answer 11

Authentication

Question 12

What does PKI stand for?

Answer 12

public key infrastructure

Question 13

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Define what the user can access

Answer 13

Authorization

Question 14

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Give permissions to a user

Answer 14

Authorizations

Question 15

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Write and delete, or read-only

Answer 15

authorization

Question 16

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Report on user’s access

Answer 16

accounting

Question 17

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Provides forensic trail after a security breach

Answer 17

accounting

Question 18

Which part of AAA does the following describe:

Logs successful and unsuccessful connection attempts

Answer 18

accounting