MIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Virtual Private Network, Passphrase, Antivirus Software

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Management Info Systems Main
• Course: MIS 111
• Professor: ALL

Document Summary

Authentication confirms identity (something the user is (biometrics), has (id card, token), does signature, voice), knows (password, passphrase)) Principle of least privilege giver users the least amount of information users need to perform a job. Communication controls secures the movement of data across a network. 2. anti malware systems aka antivirus systems, attempt to identify and control or delete malicious software (malware) ex. Whitelisting process where company identifies software that it will allow to run on its systems. Blacklisting process where the company identifies software it will not allow it to run on their system. A password is a type of access control. Access controls consist of authentication which confirms user identity and authorization which determine users level access. Encryption turns message into something no one else can understand unless they have the code for decryption.