Security Attributes fundamentals

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • A Security Attribute is a highly configurable piece of information about a Subject or its Environment. When used in access controls, they enable fine grain security configuration in a non-complex way.

    Security Attributes offer an alternative method for access control via role definitions to currently practiced ACL(Access Control Lists) configuration. Security Attributes offer several advantages to ACL-based configurations:

    • Better security: Improved permissions evaluation obfuscation ensures that your organization remains secure.
    • Human readable: Security Attributes are designed to simplify the creation and ease of use of security permissions.
    • Flexible security: Build persona definitions from both Out-of-Box configuration in combination with customer defined personas.
    • Logging and auditing: Security Attributes offer detailed auditing and logging to give more insight to security measures and theory.