identity-based access control - Glossary (original) (raw)

identity-based access control

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Access control based on the identity of the user (typically relayed as a characteristic of the process acting on behalf of that user) where access authorizations to specific objects are assigned based on user identity.
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CNSSI 4009-2015

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