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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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access controls

/ˈæksɛs kənˈtroʊlz/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A least-privilege model in which forty-one people have privilege, because requesting removal is harder than requesting access.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The mechanisms governing who may read, write, or export a given dataset, ideally on a least-privilege basis.

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See also
  • break-glass accessAn emergency-only door, propped open since the incident in March, with the review still pending.
  • least privilegeA principle interpreted as 'the least we can grant without anyone filing a ticket,' which trends upward.