CompTIA® Security+ SY0-501 Cert Guide, Academic Edition, Second Edition

Chapter 11. Access Control Methods and Models

This chapter covers the following subjects:

Access Control Models Defined: This section gets into access control models, such as MAC, DAC, RBAC, and ABAC, plus methodologies such as implicit deny and job rotation. Before creating and enforcing policies, a plan of action has to be developed, and the access control model to be used should be at the core of that plan.

Rights, Permissions, and Policies: Here, we delve into users, groups, permissions, rights, and policies that can be created on a computer ...