Security in the Enterprise Environment

The Microsoft approach to security is based on six fundamental principles:

authentication

Identifies the user, and the all-important single-logon automatically promulgates this identity to all local and remote services.

access control

Restricts access to data based on that identity.

cryptography

Protects the privacy and integrity of data, especially when in transit across a network.

firewalls

Restrict traffic between your LAN and an external network, such as the Internet.

system integrity

Ensures the underlying security software cannot be tampered with.

auditing

Records security events.