Computer and Information Security Handbook (2-Volume Set), 4th Edition

Appendix H

Glossary

• AAA Administration, authorization, and authentication. Protocol for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity, authorizing a user based on their user rights, and accounting for a user's consumption of network resources.
• Access A specific type of interaction between a subject and an object that results in the flow of information from one to the other. The capability and opportunity to gain knowledge of, or to alter information or materials including the ability and means to communicate with (input or receive output), or otherwise make use of any information, resource, or component in a computer system.
• Access Control The process of limiting access to the resources of a system to only authorized persons, programs, ...