Access Control Fundamentals

9. Access Control Types

Each of the access control categories – administrative, physical and technical work at different levels, each at a different level of granularity and perform different functionalities based on the type.

The different types of access control are:

• Preventative- Avoid undesirable events from occurring
• Detective- Identify undesirable events that have occurred
• Corrective- Correct undesirable events that have occurred
• Deterrent- Discourage security violations
• Recovery- Restore resources and capabilities
• Compensative- Provide alternatives to other controls