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Authentication    Precautions   Ease of Use Considerations
Authentication Points   User Validation Authentication for Remote Access
Password Protection   Location Validation and Call Level Security
Accounting   Firewalls

Accounting

Accounting involves tracking, auditing and reporting security and usage activity. Accounting enables administrators to determine usage patterns and quickly identify unusual activity, either by authorized or unauthorized users. It can also detect attempts to access protected files, and evaluate the integrity of a security system. Accounting is most commonly used for billing, as well as for security auditing. Most law firms, however, have different accounting systems from multiple vendors, as well as multiple homegrown databases. Many legacy accounting systems which may have been implemented before the advent of remote access don't take remote applications into account, despite the fact that these capabilities need to be integrated with other accounting functions.

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