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Credentialing (information security): Mechanisms and processes used to grant privileges, in a secure information system, to an actor who has been identified and authenticated; ideally follows the Principle of Least Privilege ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Information security [r]: The set of policies and protective measures used to ensure appropriate confidentiality, integrity and availability to information; usually assumed to be information in a computer or telecommunications network but the principles extend to people and the physical world ^[e]
• Identification, authentication and credentialing [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Principle of Least Privilege [r]: A security principle that gives individuals only the special privileges needed to carry out a specific function; the default condition is that individuals do not have any privileges that were not explicitly granted. ^[e]
• Access control list [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mandatory Access Control [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Kerberos [r]: A protocol using a central server to provide two clients with a shared session key, without either client having to publish a public key. ^[e]
• System administration [r]: Add brief definition or description