What Is the Primary Difference Between AAA Authentication and Authorization

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Multiple Choice

What is the primary difference between AAA authentication and authorization?

• A) Authentication identifies and verifies a user who is attempting to access a system, and authorization controls that tasks the user can perform.
• B) Authentication controls the system processes a user can access, and authorization logs the activities the user initiates.
• C) Authentication verifies a username and password, and authorization handles the communication between the authentication agent and the user database.
• D) Authentication identifies a user who is attempting to access a system, and authorization validates the user's password.

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Definitions:

Data Collection

The process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest in an established systematic fashion, enabling one to answer stated research questions.

Information Dissemination

The process of distributing or spreading information to a wide audience, often used in contexts of marketing, public relations, and information technology.

Control Accounts

General ledger accounts that consolidate and summarize the detailed information from subsidiary ledgers.

Subsidiary Accounts

Detailed accounts linked to a general ledger account that record individual transactions related to that ledger's balance.