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Access control matrix. In computer science, an access control matrix or access matrix is an abstract, formal security model of protection state in computer systems, that characterizes the rights of each subject with respect to every object in the system. It was first introduced by Butler W. Lampson in 1971.
Role-based access control is a policy-neutral access control mechanism defined around roles and privileges. The components of RBAC such as role-permissions, user-role and role-role relationships make it simple to perform user assignments. A study by NIST has demonstrated that RBAC addresses many needs of commercial and government organizations. [4]
User-Managed Access. User-Managed Access (UMA) is an OAuth -based access management protocol standard for party-to-party authorization. [1] Version 1.0 of the standard was approved by the Kantara Initiative on March 23, 2015. [2]
Web access management (WAM) [1] is a form of identity management that controls access to web resources, providing authentication management, policy-based authorizations, audit and reporting services (optional) and single sign-on convenience. Authentication management is the process of determining a user’s (or application’s) identity.
Identity management (ID management) – or identity and access management (IAM) – is the organizational and technical processes for first registering and authorizing access rights in the configuration phase, and then in the operation phase for identifying, authenticating and controlling individuals or groups of people to have access to applications, systems or networks based on previously ...
Customer (or consumer) identity and access management (CIAM) is a subset of the larger concept of identity access management (IAM) that focuses on managing and controlling external parties' access to a business' applications, web portals and digital services. [ 1][ 2] The biggest difference between typical IAM and CIAM is that CIAM gives its ...
Logical access controls enforce access control measures for systems, programs, processes, and information. The controls can be embedded within operating systems, applications, add-on security packages, or database and telecommunication management systems. The line between logical access and physical access can be blurred when physical access is ...
Unified access management solutions provide a single platform from which IT can manage access across a diverse set of users, devices, and applications, whether on-premise or in the cloud. [1] Unified access management (UAM) is an evolution of identity and access management (IAM) systems.