Question

Provide an example of each of the three primary information security areas: (1) authentication and authorization, (2) prevention and resistance, and (3) detection and response.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

1. Authentication is a method for confirming users' identities. Once a system determines the authentication of a user, it can then determine the access privileges for that user. Authorization involves providing a user with permission, including access levels and abilities. For example file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space.

2. Content filtering is a software organizations use that filters content, such as emails, to prevent the accidental or malicious transmission of unauthorized information. Encryption scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt. In a security branch, an intruder is then unable to read encrypted information. A firewall is hardware and/or software that guard a private network by analyzing incoming and outgoing information for the correct markings.

3. Intrusion detection software (IDS) features full-time monitoring tools that search for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders.