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What is Authentication and Authorization

Chapter 141
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Authentication a process of verifying the claim of the identity and granting the access if the identity is true as it being claimed the entity. In Authorization, it is ensured that properly authenticated entity is entitled to the same access privilege rights as per its security clearance level.
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Security Challenges in Cloud Computing
Sumit Jaiswal (Indian Institute of Technology (B.H.U.), India), Subhash Chandra Patel (Indian Institute of Technology (B.H.U.), India), and Ravi Shankar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch141
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