Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP – Question0021

A department manager has read access to the salaries of the employees in his/her department but not to the salaries of employees in other departments. A database security mechanism that enforces this policy would typically be said to provide which of the following?

A. Content-dependent access control
B. Context-dependent access control
C. Least privileges access control
D. Ownership-based access control

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

When access control is based on the content of an object, it is considered to be content dependent access control.
Content-dependent access control is based on the content itself.
The following answers are incorrect:
context-dependent access control. Is incorrect because this type of control is based on what the context is, facts about the data rather than what the object contains. least privileges access control. Is incorrect because this is based on the least amount of rights needed to perform their jobs and not based on what is contained in the database. ownership-based access control. Is incorrect because this is based on the owner of the data and and not based on what is contained in the database.
References:
OIG CBK Access Control (page 191)