Security controls are the technical, administrative and physical safeguards an organization uses to reduce information risk. By function they fall into preventive controls, which stop an incident, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA); detective controls, which identify it, such as log monitoring; and corrective controls, which limit damage and restore operations, such as a backup.
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