Term · 25. Access Control — Additional Terms
Policy Administration Point PAP
Definition
A Policy Administration Point (PAP) is the system entity in XACML/ABAC architectures that creates and manages authorization policies. It is the source of policies for one or more Policy Decision Points (PDPs), which retrieve policies from the PAP or from repositories populated by the PAP. In XACML, the PAP is the component responsible for authoring policy and policy-set definitions.
Related terms
-
Access Object
Access Object — a unit of an information resource for which access is regulated by access control rules. May be a file, …
-
Access Subject
Access Subject — a person or process whose actions are regulated by access control rules to information system objects. …
-
AuthZEN
OpenID Foundation working group standardising a uniform API for authorization decisions across heterogeneous Policy Deci …
-
Forrester Zero Trust (originator framework) (ZTX)
Originated by Forrester analyst John Kindervag in 2010 as «No more chewy centers — abolish the trusted network», Zero Tr …
-
NIST RBAC
NIST RBAC Standard — INCITS 359-2012 (Role-Based Access Control). Defines four RBAC variants: Flat RBAC (basic roles+use …
-
Policy Information Point (PIP)
A Policy Information Point (PIP) is an access control component that acts as the retrieval source for attributes and oth …