User Access Restriction

User Access Restriction

1. Physical Security Measures

   • Developed to prevent the user getting physical access to IT systems & data or stealing a digital system for its data.
   • Examples

2. Passwords

   • Simple & easy to use
   • Different types of passwords, for example shapes & dot drawing
   • Difficult to remember multiple different passwords
   • Very traditional security measure to control access to digital systems
   • Can be hard to remember
   • Only effective if secret
   • Hackers can have software to break passwords

3. Biometrics

   • Requires individuals to use part of their body to prove their identity
   • common biometric examples include: eye scan, fingerprint identification, voice analysis etc