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Access Control, Authentication, and Public Key Infrastructure

Lesson 2

Business Drivers for Access Controls

Access Control Policies, Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines

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Data or Information Assets

An intangible asset with no form or substance:

Paper records

Electronic media

Intellectual property stored in people's heads

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Importance of Policy and Senior Management Role

Organizations value intellectual property

Must control access to information to ensure survival

Protecting confidential information involves:

Technical controls

Clear policies and sound business processes that implement those policies

Access control policies are effective only with support of senior executives

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Classification Schemes

Classification scheme is a method of organizing sensitive information into access levels

Only a person with the approved level of access is allowed to view information

This access is called clearance

Every organization has its own method of determining clearance levels

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National Security Classification

Unclassified

Confidential

Secret

Top Secret

Corporations

Public

Internal

Sensitive

Highly sensitive

Classification Schemes (Cont.)

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Need to know

Requester should not receive access just because of his or her clearance, position, or rank

Requester must establish a valid need to see information

Access should be granted only if information is vital for requester’s official duties

Least privilege

A computer user or program should have only the access needed to carry out its job

Need to Know and Least Privilege

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Declassification

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Automatic

Systematic

Mandatory declassification review

Freedom of Information Act request

Business Drivers for Access Control

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Cost-benefit analysis

Risk assessment

Business facilitation

Cost containment

Operational efficiency

IT risk management

The Life Cycle of an Order

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Defense:

Risk: Insecure Direct Object Reference

Use an automated tool for real-time attack.

Monitor parameter manipulation–hidden/static.

Establish baseline configuration.

Risk: Cross-Site Request Forgery

Use an automated tool for real-time attack.

Alert/respond to parameter manipulation.

Use known attack signatures.

Establish baseline/monitor resource changes.

Risk: Security Misconfiguration

Use an automated tool for real-time attack.

Inspect outbound responses.

Investigate application failures.

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Controlling Access and Protecting Value

Importance of internal access controls

Importance of external access controls

Implementation of access controls with respect to contractors, vendors, and third parties

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Refers to security of records and information not in electronic systems and applications

Access is regularly linked to functional responsibilities and not to position or grade

Security or background investigation required

Physical Security of Sensitive Information

Can/Should this information be shared?

Secure storage and limited access

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Data Destruction

Use appropriate secure destruction method for the media and format.

Do not put in trash bins.

Data awaiting destruction should be placed in lockable containers.

Strictly confidential and confidential data is destroyed in accordance with specific guidelines.

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Data destroyed in accordance with administrative or operations retention schedule

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Data Destruction (Continued)

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Shredder/Degausser

Light office shredder/disintegrator

Electronic media

Portable devices

Portable devices

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Data destroyed in accordance with administrative or operations retention schedule

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U.S. Compliance Laws for Organizations

Compliance ensures that organizations implement more secure business practices

Secure business practices:

Help organizations avoid costs associated with security lapses

Can enhance customer confidence

Adhering to requirements is usually costly and time-consuming

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Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

The Financial Modernization Act of 1999

Protects personal financial information held by financial institutions

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Pronounced “glibba”

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GLBA Rules to Protect Consumer Financial Information

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Pretexting (social engineering)

The Financial Privacy Rule requires financial institutions to provide each consumer with a privacy notice at the time the consumer relationship is established and annually thereafter. 

The Safeguards Rule requires financial institutions to develop a written information security plan that describes how the company is prepared for, and plans to continue to protect clients’ nonpublic personal information.

The Safeguards Rule forces financial institutions to take a closer look at how they manage private data and to do a risk analysis on their current processes.

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Privacy Rule

Safeguard Rule

Pretexting Rule

GLBA and Access Control

Organization should define who can access data and for how long

Access to sensitive data must be logged

Data security encompasses:

Storage

Policies

Procedures

Equipment that holds sensitive data

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Protects the privacy and security of certain health information

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the privacy and security rules

Financial penalties for non-compliance

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HIPAA Rules

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Privacy Rule

Transactions and Codes Set Rule

Unique Identifier Standards Rule

Security Rule

Enforcement Rule

HIPAA Privacy Rule vs. HIPAA Security Rule

HIPAA Privacy Rule HIPAA Security Rule
Privacy of individually identifiable health information Security standards for the protection of electronic protected health information.
National standards for the protection of certain health information Protects certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form

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Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Protect investors by requiring accuracy and reliability in corporate disclosures

Created new standards for corporate accountability

Created new penalties for acts of wrongdoing, both civil and criminal

Changes how corporate boards and executives must exchange information and work with corporate auditors

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Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) (Continued)

Specifies new financial reporting requirements

Requires all financial reports to include an internal control report

Auditing firms are also required to attest to the accuracy of the assessment

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Critical Sections of Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Sec. 201

Services outside scope of auditor practice

Sec. 302

Corporate responsibility for financial reports

Sec. 404

Assessment of internal controls

Sec. 409

Real time issuer disclosures

Critical Sections of Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Sec. 802

Criminal penalties for altering documents

Sec. 806

Protection of employees exposing fraud

Sec. 807

Criminal penalties for defrauding shareholders

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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Right to inspect and review student education records

Right to request that a school correct inaccurate or misleading records

Schools required to secure written permission from parent or eligible student to release information from student education record

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Right to inspect and review

Right to correct records

Parental written permission required

Items Exempt from FERPA

Private notes made by faculty or staff for the purpose of assisting memory

Law enforcement records

Medical records

Statistical data that does not contain personally identifiable information

Pre-graded materials before the final grade is determined by the faculty

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Directory Information

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Student and parents must be informed and raise no objectives

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Name

Address

Telephone number

Dates of attendance

Degree earned

Enrollment status

E-mail address

Field of study

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

Requires telecommunications carriers and equipment makers used by telecommunications industry to facilitate electronic surveillance activities of law enforcement agencies

Firms subject to CALEA must cooperate with legitimate law enforcement requests

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Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Requirements

Schools and libraries must

Use technology protection measures

Protect children from exposure to offensive Internet content

Adopt and enforce a policy to monitor the online activities of minors

Minors are those 17 years of age or less

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Title 21 CFR Part 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Calls for all FDA-regulated organizations to implement:

System access limited to authorized individuals

The use of operational system checks

The use of authority checks

The use of device checks

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Title 21 CFR Part 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Cont.)

Calls for all FDA-regulated organizations to implement:

Appropriate education and task training for anyone who develops, maintains, or uses electronic systems

Appropriate controls for documentation in place

Controls for both open systems and closed system requirements related to electronic signatures

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North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

Handles regulation of energy and utility companies

Ensures that North American energy network is secure, adequate, and reliable

Requires physical protective measures for critical infrastructures

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North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

Electronic security guidelines include procedures meant to provide protective measures for assets

Must do background checks for employees and contractors

Must provide training for anyone with access to energy or utility infrastructure

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD 12)

Initiated to enforce the standardization of security identification credentials for government employees and contractors

Part 1 covers common identification, security, and privacy requirements

Part 2 deals with the uniformity and portability of identification

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Access Control Security Policy Best Practices: Private Sector

Define an authorization policy

Implement access controls for:

Facilities

Systems

Applications

Data

Remote access

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Access Control Security Policy Best Practices: Public Sector

Conduct periodic risk assessments

Implement policies and procedures based on most recent risk assessment

Create plans for the security of networks, systems, and other resources

Conduct employee and contractor training

Test periodically to ensure that policies and procedures designed to lower risk are working correctly

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Access Control Security Policy Best Practices: Public Sector

Create processes to address shortcomings in security policies, procedures, and practices

Implement processes for detecting, reporting, and responding to security incidents

Incorporate continuity plans for the organization

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Critical Infrastructure

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) process control

systems

SCADA systems monitor and control telecommunications,

water and waste control, energy, and transportation,

among other industries and utilities

SCADA systems are a point of risk for the utilities that use them

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SCADA

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) process control systems

Monitor and control telecommunications, water and waste control, energy, and transportation, among other industries and utilities

Are a point of risk for the utilities that use them

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Access Control Policy Framework

Identifies the importance of protecting assets and leading practices to achieve protection

Beneficial for documenting management understanding and commitment to asset protection

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Access Control Policies

Explicitly state responsibilities and accountabilities for achieving the framework principles

Establish and embed management’s commitment

Authorize the expenditure of resources

Inform those who need to know

Provide later documents for consultation to verify achievement of objectives

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Access Control Standards

A collection of requirements that must be met by anyone who performs a given task or works on a specific system

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Access Control Procedures

Tell how to do something

Step-by-step means to accomplish a task

Become “knowledge” transfer

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Access Control Guidelines

Are generally accepted practices

Not mandatory

Allow implementation

May achieve objective through alternate means

Flexibility

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Policies for Access Controls

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Acceptable use policy (AUP)

Password policy

Account management policy

Remote access policy

Standards to Support Policies

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User account standard

Identification standard

Remote access standard

Application development standard

Week 2 Homework Assignment

Read chapters 3 and 4 in textbook

Complete Labs 3 and 4

Complete Quizzes 3 and 4

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