Understanding Role-Based Access (RBAC)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC for short), is an extremely efficient way of managing access to resources for users based on their role. For example, a person with the title Payroll Clerk would have completely different resource permissions than someone with, say, the title of Engineering Manager. This article aims to describe the benefits, the use cases, and the implementation of Role-Based Access Control. Read on for more. The basics of Role-based access revolves around the concept of least-privilege access. Or more simply, granting only as much access as the user in a specific role needs. By defining the roles, assigning the roles a specific access to specific resources, and then assigning users into those roles, you can dramatically reduce confusion and security overhead. When it comes to active directory, the important part to remember is the "directory". At the core, it's a listing of objects and information about them. It organizes objects into neat little ca...