Information, Computer and Network Security Terms Glossary and Dictionary

Role-based security refers to any general mechanism that controls access to resources using roles instead of user credentials. A role is a set of users sharing the same security privileges. A user belonging to a particular role can access code, software and resources for which permissions are granted for the role. Granting permissions to access resources/code using roles rather than using a particular user is easier to manage.

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Role-based security