Access Control

Access control includes identification, authorization, authentication, access approval, and audit.

Authorization

Authorization involves the act of defining access-rights for subjects. An authorization policy specifies the operations that subjects are allowed to execute within a system.

• Rule-based access control
• Role-based access control
• Attribute-based access control
• Context-Based Access Control

Authentication

• Login/Identification

In computer security, logging in (or logging on or signing in or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system by identifying and authenticating themselves.