Reading-Notes

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Read: 11 - Event Driven Applications

Why is access control important?

Access control is important because it places restrictions on the access to information processing systems.

Describe an application that would need access control.

Any application can have access control.

What is a role used for?

A role designates who has access to specific data.

Why is role based access control more scalable than discretionary or mandatory access control?

Because you can group more people together who only need access to smaller roles.

Vocab:

Authorization: the permission granted to a system once authenticated.

Role Based Access Control: an approach to restricting system access to authorized users.

Capabilities: a set of tasks that a system is potentially able to perform.