Network Controls
Mechanisms that reduce or eliminate the threats to network security
Types of controls:
- Preventative controls
- Mitigate or stop a person from acting or an event from occurring (e.g., locks, passwords, backup circuits)
- Act as a deterrent by discouraging or restraining
- Detective controls
- Reveal or discover unwanted events (e.g., auditing)
- Documenting events for potential evidence
- Corrective controls
- Remedy an unwanted event or a trespass (e.g., reinitiating a network circuit)