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With so many acronyms and terms to keep track of, our reference library has you covered.

Externalized Authorization

Learn what externalized authorization is and how centralized policies enable consistent, scalable, fine-grained access control across applications and APIs.
5 min read

Policy-based Access Management (PBAM)

Learn how PBAM provides access control through the use of policies that reduces risk by limiting access to sensitive data.
6 min read

OpenID AuthZEN

OpenID AuthZEN ensures seamless, standardized authorization across enterprise IT environments.
6 min read

Relationship-based Access Control (ReBAC)

Learn what relationship-based access control (ReBAC) is, how it works, and how it compares with and complements RBAC and ABAC.
6 min read

Abbreviated Language for Authorization (ALFA)

ALFA is a domain-specific language designed to express authorization policies in a concise, human-readable format.
5 min read

Fine-grained Access Control (FGAC)

FGAC is central to dynamic authorization, ensuring sensitive data is only accessible to users under the right conditions laid out in a policy.
5 min read

Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Role-based access control (RBAC) is the traditional, static way of enforcing access to critical assets.
6 min read

Policy-based Access Control (PBAC)

PBAC, also known as attribute-based access control (ABAC), uses attributes to dynamically enforce access controls according to your policies.
4 min read

Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is the de facto standard for safeguarding and securely sharing sensitive data.
8 min read

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML)

The standardized approach to dynamic authorization and policy-based access control (PBAC).
5 min read

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