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Authentication controls can be used to verify the identity of the person attempting to access an AIS. Identify the different types of authentication controls, the problems related to each control and how they can be used to provide effective protection from unauthorised access to an AIS.
Automatic Identification System:
There are different types of Authentication Control. | ||
Types of Controls | Problems | Effective protection |
Through PIN or Password |
- Password Forget / Expired - Sharing of Password - Change of Password after particular period. - Deletion of User ID once personnal left the organsiation. |
- Not letting known to all
members. - Password is shared to a few people with confidential agreement. - easy to locate in case of chances of fraud as password is known to selected personnal |
Through Card Accessibility | - Sharing of Access card to unknown visitors. |
- Date of accessibility expiration is
updated on the access card. - Manual intervention as surprise whether the photo on card and person holding the same are same or not. |
Through Biometric Accessibility |
- either through thumb impression or
face impression. - uniform policy of impression of body parts. - Deletion of Accessibility of the concerned personnal. |
- Restrictive protection ands seems
best as it is very cost effective. - Chances of Unauthorised accessibility is very less in this method as comapred to above two. - |