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Fundamentals of Information Systems Security, 4th Edition
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Fundamentals of Information Systems Security, 4th Edition

by David Kim, Michael G. Solomon
December 2021
Beginner
550 pages
20h 48m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Processes and Requirements for Authentication

So far in this chapter, you have learned about methods to define authorization rules and identify users. The next step is authentication. In this part of access control, users validate, or prove, the identity they claimed during identification. Authentication answers the question, are subjects who they claim to be? Because anyone can claim to be any identity, authentication verifies that the subject requesting access is really the claimed identity (authentic) and the same subject who has been granted access. Without authentication, you could never really know if subjects are who they say claim to be.

Authentication Types

Following are the seven types of authentication:

  • Knowledge—Something you (the ...

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ISBN: 9781284220742