Permissions Overview During Creation or as part of the system administration, it is possible to add or alter the permissions associated with users or groups on the NTFS based system. This can allow the administrator the ability to control which user or group can access certain files or folders. It can also limit what control […]
User Accounts
A user account allows the system to identify what files and applications that user should be provided access to and the level of authorisation that they should be given. A user account can also provide information when a malicious or unwanted activity occurs on the system as the history and files relating to the account […]
Domain Controllers
A Domain is a group of computers that can be accessed from other computers on the same network, as an example, the Internet defines Domains via an IP address and all systems sharing the same IP are on the same Domain. A Domain Controller is a computer server that stores and manages the account and […]
Windows User Account Control (UAC)
Windows User Account control is an access control facility introduced from Windows Vista and Server 2008 and limits user privilege of application to standard unless it is increased by the system administrator. This trusted applications receive administrative privileges and in theory preventing unwanted and malicious software from being able to compromise the system. enables the […]
Computer Security Authentication
Authentication Authentication is the identification of a specific user in order to provide them with access to the areas or data that they are permitted. Authentication could be via a password, passcode, ID smart card, fingerprint or retina scan etc. Passwords Passwords can be cracked by an attacker via different techniques including: Brute Force Attack […]
