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Auditing Password Usage

Date Published: September 1, 1988

Author(s)

Dennis Branstad (NBS), Frederick Gallegos (U.S. General Accounting Office)

Abstract

Keywords

auditing; computer security; passwords
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
GAO 75-01-75 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
FIPS 112

Document History:
09/01/88: Other (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

audit & accountability, authentication