SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

III.  ACCESS CONTROL SOFTWARE

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Access control is a mechanism which a system grants or revokes the right to access the data. It is commonly used by the user to login to a system using "Authentication System".  




It controls the following data:

• File permission such as create, read and edit on file servers.
• Program permissions, such as the right to execute a program on application servers.
• Data rights, such as the right to retrieve or update information in a database.

(http://hitachi-id.com/concepts/access_control.html) 




Also it include the following:

• Automate and unify visioning, role management, password management, single sign-on and privileged account management.
• Ensure that identity and access management activities are supporting business objectives.
• Provide segregation of duties and access control.

(http://www.quest.com/identity-management/)