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Assignment Details:
Assume you are a manager in a large international organization. You have been asked to assess the company’s information systems and security controls.
- Describe identification, authentication, and authorization.
- Explore whether or not you would use Windows ACLs and explain your reasoning.
- Evaluate best practices for managing Microsoft Windows and application vulnerabilities.
Keep in mind, we are more interested in your ability to describe the steps you would take to review security goals than providing an answer to this scenario. Remember the strategy of Think, Plan, Design, Implement, and Evaluate.
Deliverables:
Your paper should be two to three pages long and formatted according to APA style guidelines. Use at least two scholarly sources and information from your module to support your work.
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Running head: SECURITY STRATEGIES IN WINDOWS PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS
Security Strategies in Windows Platforms and Applications
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SECURITY STRATEGIES IN WINDOWS PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS
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Security strategies in Windows platforms and applications
Identification, authentication, and authorization
Identification
In information systems, authentication the claiming of an identity. According to
Stallings & Brown (2015), this could occur for both humans and systems in the sense that a
message may be relayed to a system that is presumed as the owner or an individual may
present themselves as a particular individual seeking access to a system. In this case, they may
present identifies such as usernames or IP addresses, although further steps may be required to
determine if indeed they are who or what they present themselves.
Authentication
Authentication comes after identification and involves a proof that an individual or a
system is indeed what they say they are. According t...
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