What Is ABAC? Attribute-Based Access Control Explained

Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), sometimes referred to as Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC) or Claims-Based Access Control (CBAC), is an identity management-related authentication and authorization system that determines user access based on attributes (or characteristics) rather than roles. The attributes associated with subjects (requesters), objects to be accessed, and others have a set of related characteristics, […]

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