Monday, 21 May 2012
Web access control
Access control is the ability to permit or deny the use of a particular resource by a particular entity. Web access control is specifically applied to digital resources. For example, a private text document on a computer, which only certain users should be able to read.
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Terms related to political activists, anti-government movements and state censorship efforts are the most likely to be censored on Chinese blogs and social media sites, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.
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A new study endorsed by the Motion Picture Association and NBC found that piracy accounts for more than 24% of total traffic on the Web. In 2010, Avatar was the most pirated film in history, racking up almost a million illegal downloads in the first week of its release.
Hardware-based security is already being used in enterprises today though adoption could be faster.
A survey conducted by Ponemon Institute finds that a majority percentage of employees are given access to systems not part of their job description.
