Scenario
Changing access controls can have some undesirable effects. Therefore, it is important to carefully consider changes before making them and provide mechanisms to reverse changes if they have unexpected consequences.
Always Fresh management has asked you to develop procedures for changing any access controls. The purpose of these procedures is to ensure that staff:
- Understand and document the purpose of each access control change request
- Know what access controls were in place before any changes
- Get approval of the change by management
- Understand the scope of the change, both with respect to users, computers, and objects
- Understand how to undo any change if necessary
- Status or setting prior to any change
- Change to implement
- Scope of the change
- Status or setting after the change
- Have evaluated the expected impact of the change
- Know how to evaluate whether the change meets the goals
Tasks
Create a guide that security personnel will use that includes procedures for implementing an access control change.
The procedure guide must contain the steps Always Fresh security personnel should take to evaluate and implement an access control change. You can assume any change requests you receive are approved.
Ensure that your procedures include the following:
- Status or setting prior to any change
- Change to implement
- Scope of the change
- Status or setting after the change
- Reason for the change
- Impact of the change
- The process to evaluate the change
Submission Requirements
- Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)
- Citation Style: APA
- Times New Roman, size 12, double-space
- Length: 2 to 4 pages
- references need to be peer reviewed articles
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