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Key Definitions

Key Definitions
  • User Someone who uses an account to access a resource.
  • Role Used to manage the relationship between users and privileges.
  • Profile Used to associate attributes with user accounts.
  • Attribute A quality inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.
  • Resource Represents an object to be accessed.
  • Privilege The authorization to perform an operation on an object sometimes referred to as entitlement.
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