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Definition 1 Computer Science, IAM

Restricts resource access to only authorized entities.

Related Terms

• Access

• Access Control Mechanism (Dictionary Entry)

• Access Control Model (Dictionary Entry)

• Access Control Policy (Dictionary Entry)

• Control

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Restricts resource access to only authorized entities.

access control A *trusted process that limits access to the resources and objects of a computer system in accordance with a *security model. The process can be implemented by reference to a stored table that lists the *access rights of subjects to objects, e.g. users to records. Optionally the process may record in an *audit trail any illegal access attempts.

Bibliography

• Barker, 2020

• Butterfield et al., 2016

See Also

• Access

• Access Control Mechanism (Dictionary Entry)

• Access Control Model (Dictionary Entry)

• Access Control Policy (Dictionary Entry)