Threats to Access Controls
Threats to access controls come in many forms, and a list of them can never be complete because new threats evolve all the time. An example is the peer-to-peer (P2P) risk in which P2P users share their Documents folder with each other by accident, which can expose sensitive documents to other users.
Access controls can be compromised in several ways, including the following:
Gaining physical access—If an intruder has physical access to a device, logical access control is basically worthless because having the device makes it possible for data to be copied or outright stolen, hardware or software keystroke loggers installed, or equipment damaged. For example, the person with the stolen device could start a DoS attack. ...
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