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Role-based access control

Meaning in cybersecurity, with examples

nounCommon term

In cybersecurity, role-based access control means: A way of managing permissions in which rights are given to roles, such as 'accountant' or 'admin', and users get access by being assigned to a role.

In Turkish: rol tabanlı erişim kontrolü, RBAC

How it is used

Called RBAC, pronounced 'ar-back'. It makes access reviews easier because auditors check roles instead of individual permissions. A frequent problem is 'role creep', when users collect roles over time and keep access they no longer need.

Example sentences

  1. With role-based access control, new nurses get the right permissions on day one.

  2. We are redesigning the role-based access control model for the cloud accounts.

Common collocations

  • RBAC model
  • assign a role
  • role creep
  • role-based permissions
  • access controlThe rules and technical measures that decide who or what can use a system, view data or enter a place, and what they are allowed to do there.
  • least privilegeThe principle that every user, program or system should get only the minimum access it needs to do its job, and nothing more.
  • authorizationThe process of deciding what an authenticated user or system is allowed to do, such as which files they can read or which actions they can perform.

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