FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBERSECURITY Flashcards
AUTHORIZATION
DEFINE AUTHORIZATION
ITS REFERS TO PRIVILEGES AND PERMISSIONS GRANTED TO USERS OR ENTITIES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED
PROVIDE THE MECHANISMS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT AUTHORIZATION.
- ROLE- BASED
2 RULE-BASED
3 ATTRIBUTE-BASED
BENEFITS OF AUTHORIZATION
1 PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA
2 MANTAIN SYSTEM INTEGRITY
3 PROVIDE MORE STREAMLINE USER EXPERIENCE
DEFINE ACCOUNTING
Accounting are security measures that ensure all users activities are properly recorded and tracked
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ACCOUNTING?
ENSUIRING TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF A GOOD ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
IT SHOULD ALLOW THE FOLLOWING
1 AUDIT TRAIL
2 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
3 FORENSIC ANALYSIS
4 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
5 USER ACCOUNTABILITY
WHAT ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR ACCOUNTING?
1 SIEMS (SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)-> IT PROVIDES REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF SECURITY ALERTS GENERATED BY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
2 SYSLOG SERVERS(THEY AGGREGATE LOGS FROM VARIOUS NETWORK SYSTEMS AND DEVICES)
3 NETWORK ANALYSIS TOOL( THEY CAPTURE AND ANALYSE NETWORK TRAFFIC )