Role-Based Access Control
Learn about role-based access control in this lesson.
What is role-based access control?
Role based access control or RBAC is a security architecture that enables you to govern who has access to your Azure resources and what they can do with them. RBAC is founded on the idea of least privilege, which states that you should only offer people the permissions they require to do their duties. Roles are used to implement RBAC in Azure.
A role is a collection of permissions that determine what an Azure resource user can accomplish. In Azure, there are two kinds of roles: built-in roles and bespoke roles.
Benefits of RBAC
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) offers several benefits when managing access to resources and systems within an organization. Some of the key benefits of using RBAC include:
Security: RBAC enhances security by ensuring users only have access to the necessary resources and actions for their specific roles. This minimizes the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data and operations.
Least privilege: RBAC follows the principle of least privilege, which means that users are granted the minimum level of access required to perform their tasks. This reduces the potential impact of a security breach or accidental misuse of permissions.
Simplified management: RBAC simplifies access management by grouping users into roles with predefined sets of permissions. This makes it easier to manage access at scale and reduces the complexity of assigning individual permissions to each user. ...