Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Logical Controls
Logical controls are the automated system that manages a person’s ability to access one or more resources, such as a workstation, application, network, or database. A logical access control system requires authentication of an individual’s identity using some mechanism such as a biometric, personal identification number (PIN) card, or other tokens. Different access privileges can be assigned to different persons depending on their roles and responsibilities within an organization.
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