ALSO CALLED: Authorization Codes DEFINITION: Authorization is the process of giving someone permission to do or have something. In multi-user computer systems, a system administrator defines for the system which users are allowed access to the system and what privileges of use (such as access to which file directories, hours of access,
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CASE STUDY: Posted: 10 May 2008 | Published: 10 May 2008
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The automation built into QualysGuard immediately allowed eBay to do vulnerability assessments on demand, including rapid scans for the most recent vulnerabilities anywhere in its own network and in partner networks.
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 22 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2002
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 22 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2002
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 22 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2002
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AUTHORIZATION DEFINITION (continued): amount of allocated storage space, and so forth). Assuming that someone has logged in to a computer operating system or application, the system or application may want to identify what resources the user can be given during this session. Thus, authorization is sometimes seen as both the preliminary setting up of permissions by a system adminstrator and the actual checking of the permission values that have been set up when a user is getting access.
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