Glossary

The glossary comes from several international sources. It includes terms used in the United States and terms used in other economies, nations, and industries.

access Opportunity to make use of an information system resource.

access control Limiting access to information system resources only to authorized users, programs, processes, or other systems.

access control list (ACL) Mechanism implementing discretionary and/or mandatory access control between subjects and objects. It specifies which subjects are authorized to access a specific object and defines the level of authorization.

access control matrix A representation of subject and object in a tabulated form whereby privileges (of subjects upon objects) are defined at the cell where ...

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