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Defining who can access what is only the beginning of effective authorization. Organizations also need to translate business requirements into policies that account for ownership, organizational relationships, conflicting responsibilities, and exceptions.

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) enables organizations to make fine-grained authorization decisions using attributes associated with users, resources, actions, and environmental conditions. But how do you turn those attributes into practical, enforceable policies?

In this on-demand webinar, Axiomatics experts explore the fundamentals of ABAC policy modeling through common access control scenarios. Learn how to design authorization policies that address departmental access, resource ownership, segregation of duties, and special access requirements while supporting consistent, policy-driven authorization.

Learn the Fundamentals of ABAC Policy Modeling

Explore how organizations can translate access requirements into fine-grained authorization policies using attributes, relationships, and contextual conditions.

In this webinar, our experts cover:

  • RBAC and ABAC policy scenarios: Understand how role-based and attribute-based approaches address common authorization requirements.
  • Ownership and departmental access: Learn how to model policies that restrict access based on resource ownership, department membership, and organizational relationships.
  • Segregation of duties (SoD): Explore how authorization policies can prevent users from performing conflicting actions within sensitive business processes.
  • Exceptions and special access requirements: Discover how to incorporate controlled exceptions into authorization policies without granting unnecessarily broad permissions.

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An attribute-based access control (ABAC) policy is a set of rules that determines whether access should be permitted based on attributes associated with users, resources, actions, and environmental conditions. ABAC policies enable organizations to enforce fine-grained authorization requirements that go beyond static role assignments.

Creating an ABAC policy starts with identifying the business requirement, the users and resources involved, and the actions that must be controlled. Organizations then define the attributes and conditions used to evaluate access requests, implement the policy, and test it against permitted and denied scenarios before deployment.

ABAC can support segregation of duties by defining policies that prevent users from performing conflicting actions. For example, a policy might prevent an employee from approving a transaction they originally created. This helps organizations enforce separation of responsibilities within sensitive business processes.

ABAC policies can accommodate exceptions by defining additional authorization conditions for specific situations. For example, organizations may permit temporary elevated access during an approved emergency, subject to requirements such as a valid justification, time restrictions, and audit logging. This allows exceptions to be controlled without granting permanent, broad privileges.

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