Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Chapter 3: Access Control - Identity Management Solutions Part 1

This post is part one of a two part post. I will identify and briefly describe the technologies that a person who wants take the CISSP exam should be aware of relating to identity management. There are six total. I will describe three here, and the other three will be examined in my following post.

Directories- Usually follow a hierarchical database format that keep track of network resources and users.

Web access management- Controls what users can view and do when utilizing a web-browser to interact with organization or company assets.

Password management - Three technologies that you should be aware of:
1. Password Synchronization - Allows users to use one password for many systems.
2. Self-Service Password Reset - Allows users to reset their own passwords
3. Assisted Password Reset - Includes other forms of authentication for a password reset such as tokens or biometrics.

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