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Chapter 11 Computer Security

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Access Control   The mechanism used in an information system for granting or denying approval to use specific resources.  
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Access Control List (ACL)   A set of permissions that is attached to an object.  
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Access Control Model   A predefined framework found in hardware and software that a custodian can use for controlling access.  
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Account Expiration   The process of setting a user's account to expire  
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Extended TACACS (XTACACS)   The second version of the Terminal Access Control Access Control System authentication service  
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Group Policy   A Microsoft Windows feature that provides centralized management and configuration of computers and remote users  
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Implicit deny   Rejecting access unless a condition is explicitly met  
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Job rotation   The act of moving individuals from one job responsibility to another  
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Kerberos   An authentication system developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and used to verify the identity of networked users  
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LDAP injection attack   An attach that constructs LDAP statements based on user input statements, allowing the attacker to retrieve information from the LDAP database of modify its content  
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Least privilege   Providing only the minimum amount of privileges necesary to perform a job or function  
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)   A protocol for a client application to access an X.500 directory.  
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Mandatory Access Control (MAC)   The most restrictive access control model, typically found in military settings in which security is of supreme importance.  
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Mandatory vacations   Requiring that all employees take vacations  
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Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)   An industry standard authentication service with widespread support across nearly all vendors of networking equipment  
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Role Based Access Control (RBAC)   A "real-world" access control model in which access is based on a user's job function within the organization  
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Rule Based Access Control (RBAC)   An access control model that can dynamically assign roles to subjects based on a set of rules defined by a custodian.  
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Secure LDAP   Transporting LDAP traffic over secure Soccets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS)  
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Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)   An Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard that allows secure web domains to exchange user authentication and authorization data.  
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Separation of duties   The practive of requiring that processes should be divided between two or more individuals  
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TACACS+   The current version of the Terminal Access Control Access Control System (TACACS) authentication service.  
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Terminal Access Control Access Control System (TACACS)   An authentication service commonly used on UNIX devices that communicates by forwarding user authentication information to a centralized server. The current version is TACACS+  
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Time-of-day restriction   Limitation imposed as to when a user can log in to a system on access resources.  
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