What is Role Based Access Control?

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is the next evolutionary step in access control.

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) enables privileges to be assigned to arbitrary roles. Those roles can then be assigned to real users. The system administrator could now assign privileges to groups such as Sales or Accounting and add users into those groups.

This provides more granular control of privileges, which enhances system security. In addition, it reduces the amount of administrative effort required to add or delete system users.

Role based user Business Tasks

Using a modern role based architecture, our role base web administration and content management system lays the foundation for Service-Oriented functionality and Security.

• Enterprise Role Governance Framework: delivers a comprehensive framework consisting of business roles, IT roles and privileges and associated ownership and delegation models for complete identity lifecycle management.

• Modern Interface: Empowers business users to define roles and ownership structure through simplified navigation and a flexible data model.

• Multi-Dimensional Hierarchies (Polyarchies): Enables enterprise-wide business process automation that is reflective of real world organizational structures.

• Application-Centric Identity Management: Provides rich role and approver information to heterogeneous applications and automates business process transaction approvals across the enterprise.

What this means for your Business Web System

This means you can control security and access to functions and tasks on your website by allowing different users to assume a different combination of roles and privileges. The admin user can assign different users perhaps different staff to deal with inventory, news updates and customer credit card processing information. Roles can be added and removed and represent the real world business tasks of the staff operating your company website.