Resource Access

Definitions

1. The ability of a user, process, or service to reach and use a protected resource such as a file, database, API, queue, or device. Security architecture revolves around deciding who gets resource access, under what conditions, and with what limitations.

   In plain English: The ability to use or reach a protected file, service, system, or other resource.

   Example: "The problem was not authentication but resource access: the token was valid yet it allowed reads across every customer tenant."

Related Terms

• RBAC
• ABAC
• Role-Based Access Control
• Permission
• Role
• Attribute-Based Access Control
• Data Security
• Lock Screen
• Permission Model
• Principle of Least Privilege
• Read Access
• Authorization Flow