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Access control — Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Definition

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GCSE Computer Science · key term

Access control

Definition

Measures that prevent unauthorised users and devices from accessing a network and restrict what authorised users can do.

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Edexcel GCSE Computer Science · 1CP2

Specification 4.2.1 · Paper 1

Access control has two jobs: keeping unauthorised users and devices off the network, and restricting what authorised users are allowed to do once connected.
Revise: Vulnerabilities and Protection Methods

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