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A Policy Decision Point (PDP) is a mechanism that evaluates access requests to resources against the authorization policies that apply to all requests for accessing that resource to determine whether specific access should be granted to the particular user who issued the request. Part of the PDP’s responsibility is to find a policy that applies to a given request.

Because of the potential impact unauthorized access can have on a business, it is very important that organizations implement robust data segregation measures to limit access to sensitive data. On shared systems, since data cannot be segregated physically, it must be segregated virtually, using a combination of data access policies and encryption to make it impossible for unauthorized access to the data.

Many enterprises need to securely protect information and comply with export control regulations. Export controls govern the information that cannot be shared with international suppliers without first obtaining a license or approval. This limits the sensitive data transferred to foreign countries or representatives, with the goal of protecting national security and implementing foreign policies.

If you work with intellectual property, handle sensitive materials, or are subject to regulatory compliance, you need to safeguard your digital assets. The ideology has shifted from “if” a data breach occurs, to “when” it will occur. Chasing dynamic data with static security models will not support a fast-moving company. The paradigm is shifting to Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) to redefine data protection.