Re: Access Control, Authentication, and Perimeter Security

[Tommy Ward <tommy () securify com>]

At 01:54 PM 3/21/2001 -0600, you wrote:

> I received an email recently from eWEEK magazine that they were having an
> eSeminar on "Securely Managing Business." Within the mail was a list of
> things attendees would learn. One item that particularly caught my eye was
> [sic]
>
>         * How access control and authentication can (and must) supersede
>         perimeter security designs
>
> .... Access control and authentication
> ARE part of perimeter security. ...

> - snip -

> Are there circumstances where access control and authentication should take
> precedence over perimeter defenses?

Yes, when you are putting together an e-brochure to promote an eSeminar on
eSecurity, and you don't realize -- as you point out -- that authentication and
access control are part of perimeter security.  I think this happens when
e-Marketers get too carried away with e-Hype without the right e-xpertise.
Maybe they just aren't e-lite....

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