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B. Herzberg, Y. CohenSnowflake Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7389-0_4

4. Authentication: Keeping Strangers Out

Ben Herzberg1   and Yoav Cohen2
(1)
Modiin, Israel
(2)
Ness-Ziona, Israel
 
Not everybody can enter ACME Candies’ offices. There is a certain process of who is allowed to enter and under which conditions:

  • Employees can get inside the office by using their personal RFID badges.

  • Employees from other branches can get inside the office, but only after they show their employee badge to the receptionist, which calls their company cellular number to verify.

  • Partners or guests have to be accompanied by an employee.

In the same way you wouldn’t want strangers ...

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