Data Security

Your complete section assignment submissions/posts for unit 4 must total, at least, 1,000 words and be sure to cite/reference your sources. Please be sure to use, at least, three scholarly sources, one of which can be the course text/textbook.

Identify and discuss the type of firewall architectures that are in use in your home, school, or place of employment.

Describe the four types of authentication mechanisms.

Describe an authentication mechanism with which you have familiarity that verifies the user’s identity by means of a password, passphrase, PIN or other unique authentication code.

Explain why many reliable, effective biometric systems are perceived as being somewhat intrusive by users.

Describe stateful inspection firewalls and explain how tables track the state and context of each exchanged packet.