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role-based access control
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The identification, authentication and authorization of individuals based on their job titles within an organization. Contrast with mandatory access control and discretionary access control. See least privilege.



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RBAC determines enduser access to surveillance programs such as the NBS (infectious disease reporting), SPHERE (Secure Public Health Electronic Record of the Wisconsin Maternal and Child Health Program), WE-TRAC (Wisconsin Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Referral and Coordination System), and the EPHTN childhood cancer pilot.
It explains the RBAC model and how it can be used by organizations to provide better security at a reduced cost.
The RTI study quantifies the benefits of RBAC and estimates NIST's impact on the development and adoption of RBAC by industry and the user community.
 
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