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Quantitative Finance · Glossary

What is Least privilege, role-based access control?

Also known as: least privilege · role-based access control

Definition 29.2 Research, Data and Risk Platforms · Chapter 29 — Security

Least privilege gives each person and program only the permissions its task needs, for only as long as it needs them. Role-based access control grants permissions — an action on a resource — to roles and roles to people, so that access follows the job rather than the individual.

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