Defining and applying fine-grained access control policies using Unity Catalog

With Unity Catalog, you can use ANSI SQL to grant permissions to their existing data lake. A fine-grained access control method controls who can access certain data based on multiple conditions or entitlements. It allows you to specify the policies for each data item and attribute and apply them consistently across all workspaces and platforms. In this way, you can ensure data security and compliance while enabling data discovery and collaboration.

In this recipe, you will learn:

• How the security model of Unity Catalog allows fine-grained control over data and AI assets
• How to define and apply access policies using SQL commands or the Unity Catalog UI

Getting ready

Before you start defining and applying access policies using Unity Catalog, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• Access to a Databricks workspace enabled for Unity Catalog
• Data assets that you want...