Rule-Based Security Policy

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A security policy based on global rules imposed for all subjects. These rules usually rely on a comparison of the sensitivity of the objects being accessed and the possession of corresponding attributes by the subjects requesting access. Also known as discretionary access control (DAC).

polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Requirement90%rule-basedr:entity.requirement.policy.v1

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Rule-Based Security Policies
possessive: Rule-Based Security Policy's
pluralpossessive: Rule-Based Security Policies'

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