Ashford CYB300 Week 3 Access Control Models

CYB 300 Ashford University Week 3 Access Control Models Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review all readings and multimedia from Chapter 8, Section 8.1: Access Control Models in your TestOut courseware, and review the webpage Document Library (Links to an external site.). Access control should be a part of every security policy. A security administrator can implement access control in several different ways.

For this assignment, you will complete the following:

• Discuss the difference between the following access control modules:
  • Mandatory Access Control (MAC) 
  • Discretionary Access Control (DAC) 
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 
• Describe when one would be used over the other.
• Discuss how information technology (IT) such as assigning new users security levels can manage data.
• Outline how you would explain to a junior system administrator which access control should be used for a given situation.

The Access Control Models paper

• Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
    • Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page