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Glossary: Endpoint, Application and Email Security

MAC (mandatory access control)

Also written: mandatory access control

An access control model where a central policy written by the administrator decides what each program may do, and users and programs can't change it. SELinux adds it to Linux; it is unrelated to a MAC address.

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Related terms

SELinux (Security-enhanced Linux)DAC (discretionary access control)AppArmor