RBAC is an access control mechanism that assigns multiple access privileges to roles, which is in turn assigned to a user. It is the most used access control method in companies today, but facing today’s dynamic business and digital environment, it lacks flexibility and scalability in data protection and segregation and can easily result in a role explosion.
In comparison, ABAC offers an alternative approach with more scalability, simplicity, and consistency across applications. It relies on runtime determination of access using predefined policies that evaluate different attributes of the user every time a user attempts to access the data and applications. Nowadays, ABAC has growing popularity among companies looking for more secure and flexible solutions for access control.
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