Glossary of Essential Terms and Components
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acceptable use policy (AUP) An organization’s policy that provides specific detail about what users may do with their network access, including email and instant messaging usage for personal purposes, limitations on access times, and the storage space available to each user.
access control list (ACL) In its broadest sense, the underlying data associated with a network resource that defines the access permissions. The most common privileges include the ability to read, write to, delete, and execute a file.
accounting The tracking, primarily for auditing purposes, of users’ access to resources.
active logging A common intelligence gathering tool used during the forensics process.
active reconnaissance ...
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