Day 54 – Attacks and Access Control: From “Who Are You?” to “Can This Action Be Performed?”
This article walks through the fundamentals of authentication, multi‑factor authentication, SSO, common attack vectors such as SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, DDoS, and Man‑in‑the‑Middle, explains DAC, MAC, RBAC, TBAC, OBAC, ABAC, Bell‑LaPadula, Biba, Clark‑Wilson and Chinese‑Wall models, and shows how to design a comprehensive audit log for an Internet‑based prescription system.
