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Glossary: Identity and Access Management

access control model

Also written: access control models

The rule for how access decisions are made. The quickest way to tell the models apart is to ask who or what decides: the owner, labels, the job role, rules, the clock or a set of attributes.

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Related terms

DAC (discretionary access control)MAC (mandatory access control)RBAC (role-based access control)rule-based access controltime-based access controlABAC (attribute-based access control)