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Time-based model of security
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Focuses on the relationship between preventative, detective, and corrective controls
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Defense in depth
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To employ multiple layers of controls in order to avoid having a single point of failure
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Authentication
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Focusses on verifying the identity of the person or device attempting to access the system
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Biometric identifier
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Users authenticated by verifying some physical characteristic
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Multifactor authentication
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The use of two or all three methods in conjunction
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Authorization
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Restricts access of authenticated users to specific portions of the system and specifies what actions they are permitted to perform
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Access control matrix
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A table specifying which portions of the system users are permitted to access and what actions they can perform
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Compatibility test
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Matches the user's authentication credentials against the access control matrix to determine whether that employee should be allowed to access that resource and perform the requested action
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Social engineering
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Uses deception to obtain unauthorized access to info resources (tricks)
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Border router
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Connects an orgs info system to the internet
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Firewall
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Behind the border router
special purpose hardware device or software running on a general purpose computer |
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Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
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Separate network that permits controlled access from the internet to selected resources
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
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Specifies the procedures for dividing files and documents into packets to be sent over the internet and the methods for reassembly of the original document or file at the destination
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Internet protocol (IP)
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Specifies the structure of those packets and how to route them to the proper destination.
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Routers
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Special purpose devices designed to read the destination address fields in IP packet headers to decided where to send (route) the packet next
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