Chapter 11. Access Control and Account Management

This chapter covers the following official CompTIA Security+, SY0-301 exam objectives:

Explain the fundamental concepts and best practices related to access control

Implement appropriate security controls when performing account management

(For more information on the official CompTIA Security+, SY0-301 exam topics, see the “About the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam” section in the Introduction.)

In order to protect against unauthorized access or modification and to ensure availability for legitimate access requests, you must put a mechanism into place that allows the identification of an authorized request. This overall process is called access control.

The previous chapter covered ...

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