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Access Control Model

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

None

Definition(s):

  Formal presentations of the security policies enforced by AC systems, and are useful for proving theoretical limitations of systems. AC models bridge the gap in abstraction between policy and mechanism.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-192