• One common way to think about security in terms of users is the AAA model
• Authentication - Is a user actually who they claim to be?
  • A username and password are a good way to control this
  • Secret/temporary access keys can also prove this
• Authorization - Is the user allowed to do what they're trying to do?
  • eg. in Google Docs, only some people can access some docs
• Accounting - Is there a record of who is doing what?
  • Useful for after-the-fact breach analysis
  • Also good for debugging, troubleshooting, and understanding issues. Or sometimes just keeping a record

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