Threats and Vulnerabilities
In this section, you will learn about access control threats and vulnerabilities and how to assess their impact. Access control threats cannot be 100% eliminated because new ones are constantly being devised. Instead, security professionals try to minimize their probability and impact by eliminating as much vulnerability as possible. In order to correctly prioritize efforts at mitigating threats and vulnerabilities, we perform risk assessments to accurately decide which threats represent the biggest impact to resources and data.
Access Control Threats
There are three primary threats to any access control system:
- Password cracking—Guessing or deciphering passwords ...
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