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ALSO CALLED:
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting,
3A,
Access Authentication and Authorization,
Administration (Security),
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
DEFINITION: Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) is a term for a framework for intelligently controlling access to computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and providing the information necessary to bill for services. These combined processes are considered important for effective network management and security.As the first process, authentication provides a way of identifying a
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Choosing the right authentication method for your business
sponsored by SafeNet, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Authentication technologies have struggled to keep pace with organizational needs including cost reduction, support for multiple user types and support for high-risk applications over the Internet. View this webcast to gain insight on current authentication technologies and explore guidelines to help you pick the right authentication technology.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2009
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Delivering Identity Management Results in 30 Days
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
PODCAST:
Learn how organizations like yours are leveraging identity management solutions and designing implementations to accelerate their time to value and achieve their security, compliance and IT cost savings goals today.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 29 Sep 2009
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Reduce Risk & Save Money with Tokenless Two-Factor Authentication
sponsored by PhoneFactor, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Threats continue to increase in frequency and many industry regulations require two-factor authentication. However, security tokens and other forms of authentication are inconvenient for employees and expensive. View this webcast to discover how phone-based authentication differs from security tokens and other methods of authentication.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009
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Top IT Security Threats: How to Protect Your Users from Increasingly Sophisticated Attacks
sponsored by PhoneFactor, Inc.
WEBCAST:
This webcast explores the top security threats that users face, including phishing, malware, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Discover how out of band, two-factor authentication protects proprietary corporate and customer data. Also learn about a phone-based service that leverages an out-of-band phone call as a second factor of authentication.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009
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Workforce Freedom: Strong Authentication for PC and Mobile Devices.
sponsored by SafeNet, Inc.
PODCAST:
This podcast will discuss what strong authentication is and why it is important. Doron will examine who needs strong authentication and which types of users will benefit from a more secure solution.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2009
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AAA DEFINITION (continued): … user, typically by having the user enter a valid user name and valid password before access is granted. The process of authentication is based on each user having a unique set of criteria for gaining access. The AAA server compares a user's authentication credentials with other user credentials stored in a database. If the credentials match, the user is granted access to the network. If the credentials are at variance, authentication fails and network access is denied.Following authentication, a user must gain authorization for doing certain tasks. After logging into a system, for instance, the … AAA definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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