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Types of Controls
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Objectives
After completing this reading, you will be able to:
Align control functions with administrative control types.
Align control functions with physical control types.
Align control functions with technical control types.
Control types and functions
The following chart illustrates a few distinctive functions of administrative, physical, and technical controls. These controls are categorized based on their primary
functions: preventive, detective, deterrent, and corrective. By aligning the control types with their respective functions, you can clearly understand how each measure
contributes to safeguarding an organization's assets, information, and personnel.
Preventive Detective Deterrent Corrective
Policies for hiring
and firing
Regular audits and reviews Policies defining the personal
Policies for data Implement a business
Employee activity consequences of policy violation
classification continuity plan
Administrative monitoring Security awareness training highlighting
Separation of Implement an incident
Anonymous internal the potential risks and damages
duties response (IR) plan
reporting systems associated with policy violation
Mandatory
vacation time
Surveillance cameras
Repair broken controls
Motion sensors Security guards
Gates Deactivate and reissue
Physical Environmental monitoring Reception desks
Locks lost or stolen access
systems Lighting
Fences cards
Tamper detection devices
Antivirus software
Intrusion
Honeypots Perform vulnerability
prevention systems
Intrusion detection systems Banners with legal warnings about patching
Multifactor
Security information and unauthorized access Quarantine detected
Technical authentication
event management (SIEM) Access control lists (ACLs) viruses
(MFA)
systems Reboot the system
Firewalls
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