CSC-158intermediate

Authentication & Access Control: How It Works

Authentication establishes confidence that an entity is who or what it claims to be; authorization determines which actions that authenticated identity may perform. Identity and access control protect operating systems, cloud resources, databases, web applications, APIs, administrative consoles, physical systems, and organizational workflows.

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Authentication establishes confidence that an entity is who or what it claims to be; authorization determines which actions that authenticated identity may perform.

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A verifier checks proof associated with an enrolled identity, then an application evaluates policy before each protected operation.

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