authorization

Function of specifying access rights and privileges to resources

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Also known as granting · authorizing · authorisation

Subclass of: process
, security control
Part of: access control

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Authorization or authorisation, in information security, computer security and IAM, is the function of specifying rights/privileges for accessing resources, in most cases through an access policy, and then deciding whether a particular subject has privilege to access a particular resource. Examples of subjects include human users, computer software and other hardware on the computer. Examples of resources include individual files or an item's data, computer programs, computer devices and functionality provided by computer applications. For example, user accounts for human resources staff are typically configured with authorization for accessing employee records.

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Different from: authentication
authorization
Facet of: security
authority
Has effect: access
Uses: credential

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