ACLs

Controlling access to sensitive information is critical in the realms of identity management and data security. Organizations require strong systems to guarantee that only authorized persons have access to and can interact with sensitive identification data and records. ACLs emerge as a critical answer to this problem. ACLs are a granular and flexible access control technique that allows or denies certain individuals or groups access to resources such as data sources of truth that carry essential identification information.

An ACL is a collection of access control entries, each of which specifies the user or group and the accompanying rights they have on a certain resource. An ACL would establish which person or entity is permitted to read, edit, or query specific identity information in the context of safeguarding access to data sources of truth for identity data and records. Organizations may modify access rights depending on user roles, responsibilities, and the sensitivity...