Access Management - Technology
RBAC
(Role-Based Access Control)
A way of giving people system access according to their job role
What's it for?
Makes access easier to manage by giving permissions according to a person's job rather than setting each person up separately.
For example…
Anyone assigned the Approver role can sign off purchase orders
RBAC gives everyone in the Finance Manager role permission to approve journals while ordinary finance users can only create them
Think of it like…
Uniform kit by job title: nurses get nurse access cards, not a unique handmade key for each person