Access Control (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 23-34-2021
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Access Control

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Definition 1 Computer Science, IAM

Restricts resource access to only authorized entities.

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Restricts resource access to only authorized entities.

(https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/425623618, p. 6)

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.

(https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/5932635, p. 107)

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