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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Security Has Its Privileges

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 4, 2004

[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso
for this link. ]

What are some ‘worst practices’ you’ve seen
administrators make in the area of access control?

“Gijo Mathew: Inconsistent policies have been the downfall of
good intentioned access control policies. Making sure that we have
well-defined role-based access controls will help us manage and
enforce the right access to the right resources. In addition, the
inability to manage policies across a variety of platforms is a
problem…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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