Authorization and Access Control Quiz

<p>Attacks become more difficult</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When encountering a Web site that pushes attack code to the client computer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle of least privilege involves granting only the minimum level of access or permissions necessary for a user or system to perform its tasks. This principle should be followed when configuring systems, allocating permissions for accounts, and planning out security. By doing so, some easily accessed tools that attackers can use against the system can be taken away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The four basic tasks related to access control are allowing access, denying access, limiting access, and revoking access. Allowing access grants a particular party or parties access to a resource, denying access prohibits access to a resource, limiting access restricts the level of access to a resource, and revoking access takes away previously granted access to a resource.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Over-privileged users, endowed with administrative capabilities, make the system vulnerable to attacks because when they open an e-mail attachment containing malware or encounter a website that pushes attack code to the client computer, these attacks have free reign on the system as they are acting as the user. This gives the attacks unrestricted access and control over the system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When over-privileged users encounter malware or attack code, the system can be susceptible to various types of attacks such as data breaches, unauthorized access, system hijacking, and exploitation of privileged information or resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By carefully following the principle of least privilege when configuring systems, allocating permissions for accounts, and planning out security, some of the more easily accessed tools that attackers can use against the system can be taken away. This helps in mitigating the impact of potential attacks by reducing the attack surface and limiting the capabilities of potential attackers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The four basic tasks related to access control are allowing access, denying access, limiting access, and revoking access. Allowing access grants a particular party or parties access to a resource, denying access prohibits access to a resource, limiting access restricts the level of access to a resource, and revoking access takes away previously granted access to a resource.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Over-privileged users make the system vulnerable to attacks by having excessive access and administrative capabilities. When they encounter malware or attack code, these attacks have free reign on the system because they are acting as the over-privileged user, who in turn has administrative capabilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The consequence of the over-privileged user opening an e-mail attachment containing malware is that the malware is able to exploit the user's excessive privileges and potentially gain unauthorized access to the system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle of least privilege is the practice of limiting a user's access rights to only what are required to perform their tasks. It relates to system configuration and security planning by reducing the potential impact of security breaches and limiting the damage that can be caused by malicious activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carefully following the principle of least privilege helps in mitigating the impact of potential attacks on a system by reducing the attack surface and limiting the capabilities of potential attackers, thereby minimizing the potential damage and unauthorized access that can occur.</p> Signup and view all the answers