Glossary
*-property A multilevel security policy that prohibits processes operating on behalf of users from writing any data below the level of their clearance.
abstraction The act of representing essential features while hiding the details to reduce complexity.
access control list (ACL) A data structure that enumerates the access rights for all active entities (e.g., users) within a system.
access control matrix A two-dimensional matrix with active accessing entities (e.g., processes) on one dimension and resources (e.g., files) with access types (e.g., read, write, and execute) entries in the intersecting cells, indicating the access the active entity has to the corresponding resource.
access rights The privileges that an activity ...
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