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CompTIA Sec+ 4.4
Common account management practices
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Computer Science
Professional
12/01/2018

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Term
Account types
Definition
- User
- Shared and generic
- Guest
- Service
- Privileged
Term
Least privilege
Definition
Users should have the ability to perform their job and have no other rights and permissions beyond that
Term
Onboarding/offboarding
Definition
-When people join the organization this process create the accounts, and they will confirm that the user is provided with exactly the right permissions and access by adding them to the proper groups. And the new user may be assigned a workstation, a laptop, a tablet, and any other hardware that may be required to perform their job
-For people leaving the organization has a process for returning equipment, account deactivated
Term
Permission auditing and review
Definition
routine check performed to ensure every user has exactly the correct permissions they need for their particular role
Term
Usage auditing and review
Definition
A process to find out exactly how your resources are being used.
Term
Time-of-day restrictions
Definition
An account restriction that limits when a user is allowed to logon.
Term
Recertification
Definition
-Accounts can be set to expire at a point in time at which point they become disabled
-To reactivate, change expiration date and enable the account
-Permission auditing can determine if people that have been provided Administrator access that really do not need to have Administrator access. This process can help certify whether or not this needed.
Term
Standard naming convention
Definition
-Unique
-Persistent
-Consistent
-Memorable
Term
Account maintenance
Definition
start with the account creation
-provisioning, pwd, group and permission assignments
-Password reset update
-Permission audits
-Deprovisioning -disable, archive data
Term
Group-based access control
Definition
-Assigning permissions by adding users to groups
-Group permissions may overlap or even conflict
Term
Location-based policies
Definition
-Access based on GPS
-Access based on IP Address
-Access based on wifi
-Can restrict application use
Term
Account policy enforcement
Definition
- Credential management
- Group policy
- Password complexity
- Expiration
- Recovery
- Disablement
- Lockout
- Password history
- Password reuse
- Password length
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