RBAC
Role-Based Access Control
An authorization model that grants permissions to roles and assigns people or systems to those roles.
Plain English
Access comes from a defined job or responsibility group.
In context
RBAC centralizes permission management around stable roles such as viewer editor or administrator instead of assigning every permission individually.
Example
“Give support agents the read-only role through RBAC.”
When you'll hear this
- authorization design
- access reviews
- enterprise administration
Common misunderstanding
RBAC decides what an authenticated identity may do; it does not prove who that identity is.
Also known as
role based access controlrole-based permissions
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-26
