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Feb 10, 2012

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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 … Definition continues below.
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10 Essential Security Policies sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Writing a corporate security policy might seem complex, but ultimately it is a collection of many small policies. These ten security policies (or sub-policies) are essential to every organization, regardless of size, location, age, mission, or the product or service produced, and are presented here (in no particular order). Posted: 26 May 2011 \| Published: 26 May 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Firewall Management \| Password Authentication Protocol \| Passwords \| Privacy Rights \| Security Policies \| Security Standards

2011 FFIEC Authentication Guidance: A New Standard For Online Banking Security sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the updated FFIEC Guidance on Authentication and addresses the threat landscape which helped define it. View now to explore the gap between the previous guidance and this latest update, and why methods like out-of-band authentication with transaction verification are key to protecting online banking today. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| FFIEC \| FFIEC Compliance \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Online Banking Services \| Security Management \| Security Standards \| Security Threats

Access Control Excellence (ACE) Survey sponsored by FoxT WHITE PAPER: Take this survey and find out how well your current access control solution is working, and learn where you can find a more effective one. Posted: 14 Jun 2011 \| Published: 14 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authorization \| Cloud Computing \| Compliance Audits \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Security Policies \| Surveys

AD to LDAP Through Virtualization sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Most enterprises already have a heavy investment in Active Directory. Find out how your business can leverage AD for a more efficient and responsive identity management system. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Active Directory \| Authentication \| Authorization \| Directory Services \| Identification Systems \| LDAP \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Better Leveraging Active Directory sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Find out how your business can have a better and more efficient identity management system in this white paper. Posted: 14 Apr 2011 \| Published: 14 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authorization \| Directory Services \| Identity Management \| Infrastructure Services \| LDAP \| SSO

Beyond the Checkbox: A Sustainable Approach to Access Certification sponsored by Aveksa WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows you how to create a sustainable approach to access certifications and discusses how it enables your company to establish full visibility of user entitlements and roles and automate access certifications and compliance reporting. Posted: 01 Jan 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authorization \| Identity Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

CISO Briefing: How Security Can Enable Top IT Priorities for 2011 sponsored by FoxT WHITE PAPER: This white paper will tell you why Enterprise Access Management can keep your business network more secure than other security tools, and will also help a CIO and CISO work together to achieve their top security goals. Posted: 13 Jun 2011 \| Published: 13 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| CIOs \| CISOs \| Data Centers \| Data Security \| Security Policies

Configuring Security in SQL Server sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This document focuses on each level of security, starting at the server level and working our way down to database objects such as Server Security, Database Security, Schema Security and Object Security. Posted: 10 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Authentication \| Data Encryption \| Data Entry \| Databases \| Security \| SQL Server

Delivering corporate data securely on employee iPads™ sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides detailed insight into the latest iPad adoption trends and examines the issues that often accompany these devices from an IT perspective. Find out how the iPad differs from a traditional PC with respect to security and obtain helpful recommendations to help you balance user preferences with security and control. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Encryption Standards \| Endpoint Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Network Security \| Networking \| Security \| Tablet PC

Download the Recent "Insecurity of Privileged Users" Report from the Ponemon Institute sponsored by HP Enterprise Security WHITE PAPER: This global benchmark study, conducted by Ponomon Institute, explores the inherent risks caused by poor control and oversight of privilege users. View now to explore key findings and gain valuable insights into the success factors for governing, managing and controlling privileged user access across the enterprise. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Identity Management \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

FoxT Enterprise Access Management sponsored by FoxT WHITE PAPER: Uncover an enterprise access management approach that can help strengthen security, enforce compliance and streamline administration across the entire enterprise. View now to explore its four essential elements including centralized administration, contextual authentication, adaptive authorization, and automated audit and compliance reporting. Posted: 20 Jan 2012 \| Published: 20 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Authorization \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Free your end users from computing conformity without sacrificing IT control sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines key trends that have contributed to the virtual era and explains how companies can address the challenges that come with it by leveraging unified communications, lifecycle management, and security and data loss prevention technology. Posted: 22 Dec 2011 \| Published: 22 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Mobile Device Management \| Notebook Computers \| Productivity \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC

Guide to Evaluating Two-Factor Authentication Solutions sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This white paper will help you choose the two-factor solution that is right for your business. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Biometrics \| Password Management \| Security Best Practices \| Smart Cards \| SMS \| TCO

How Device Identification Defeats Online Fraud sponsored by ThreatMetrix WHITE PAPER: How Device Identification Defeats Online Fraud: See how next generation device identification can result in fewer chargebacks, lower costs, and more revenue. Posted: 08 Nov 2011 \| Published: 08 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Fraud Protection \| Identity Management \| Internet Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Identity Governance: The Business Imperatives sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: Identity Governance involves various identity-related processes including cleaning up existing user entitlements, building accurate role models and enacting policies and processes which help ensure delivery of appropriate privileges to users. Continue reading to learn more. Posted: 25 Aug 2010 \| Published: 25 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| IT Management \| Security Policies

It's All About U sponsored by Ruckus Wireless WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn how you can offer a 3G-like user experience to Wi-Fi authentication and roaming with 802.11u. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: 802.11 \| Authentication \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Wi-Fi \| Wi-Fi Alliance \| Wireless Networks \| WLAN \| WLAN Access Points \| WLAN Management \| WLAN Protocols

Protecting Corporate Data in the "BYOD" Environment sponsored by Apperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: While BYOD offers many benefits to your business, it is imperative that you insure the integrity of your corporate assets. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Authentication \| Endpoint Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Security \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC \| TCO \| Wireless Security

Secure Cloud Applications without Disrupting your Infrastructure sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper first explores the challenges of adding cloud applications to IAM infrastructures, and then explains how a federated identity service based on virtualization can enable single sign-on across your enterprise and cloud applications. Posted: 17 Oct 2011 \| Published: 17 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Application Security \| Authentication \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| SSO

Securing Data at the Source sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines today’s challenges and Oracle’s solutions, including Encryption and Masking, Advanced Security, Secure Backup, and Data Masking Pack, Access and Authorization, Vault and Label Security, Auditing and Monitoring and Management pack. Posted: 12 Mar 2010 \| Published: 12 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Anti-Spam Software \| Authorization \| Data Security \| Database Security \| Firewall Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection

Securing Microsoft Exchange 2010 with VeriSign Authentication Services sponsored by VeriSign EMEA WHITE PAPER: This guide from VeriSign Authentication Services will help take the guesswork out of implementing SSL for Exchange 2010, making it easier than ever to get the SSL certificate you need for a successful and secure Exchange implementation, and to take advantage of powerful capabilities such as Subject Alternative Names (SANs). Posted: 26 Oct 2011 \| Published: 26 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Certificate Authorities \| Email Security \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Security Management \| SSL

The Authentication Revolution: Phones Become the Leading Multi-Factor Authentication Device sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This paper will address the key drivers for this market shift and includes real-world case studies from organizations that have made the move to phone-based authentication. It also introduces PhoneFactor, the leading provider of phone-based multi-factor authentication. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Data Security \| Fraud Protection \| Identification Systems \| Identity Management \| Scalability Testing \| Security Systems \| User Base

Why Encryption without Authentication is Not Secure sponsored by Certes Networks WHITE PAPER: View this paper to explore why secure data communications solutions require both encryption and authentication, attack vectors against encryption-only solutions, key questions you should ask your network encryption vendor to ensure that your network is secure and your security objectives are met, and more. Posted: 26 Oct 2011 \| Published: 26 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Data Security \| Encryption Standards \| Network Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats

ZeuS and Other Malware Threats Force Authentication to ‘Step Out’ Of Band sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper examines the current malware threats and today’s best practices for mitigating them. Specifically, this whitepaper will explore the role of out-of-band authentication and transaction-level verification in protecting against online banking fraud. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Fraud Protection \| Malware \| Online Banking Services \| Security Best Practices \| Security Threats \| Transaction Processing Services

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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 …
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